BDB4030 [H3629]

[כִּלְיָה noun feminine only plural kidneys (Late Hebrew כִּלְיָה (plural); Aramaic כּוּלְיָא or כּוֺלְיָא (only plural), ; Ethiopic ᵐ5 οἱ νεφροί); — absolute plural כְּלָיוֺת Jer 11:20 + 5 t.; כְּלָֹית Exod 29:13 + 13 t.; construct כִּלְיוֺת Deut 32:14; Isa 34:6 suffix כִּלְיוֺתַי Job 16:3 + 2 t.; כִּלְֹיתַי Job 19:27 כִּלְיוֺתָ֑י Ps 16:7; Prov 23:16 כִּלְֹיתָ֑י Ps 139:13; Lam 3:13 כִּלְיוֺתֵיהֶם Jer 12:2 — kidneys:

1. literally, as physical organ,
\ \ a. of man, only in poetry, as created by ׳י Ps 139:13 as the most sensitive and vital part, in metaphor of one wounded by ׳י's arrows Job 16:13; Lam 3:13.
\ \ b. of sacrificial animals, offered as choice part to ׳י Lev 3:4; Lev 3:10; Lev 3:15; Lev 4:9; Lev 7:4; Lev 9:10; Lev 9:19 שְׁתֵּי ׳הַכּ Exod 29:13; Exod 29:22; Lev 3:4; Lev 3:10; Lev 3:15; Lev 4:9; Lev 7:4; Lev 8:16; Lev 8:25 (all P); in figure of sacrifice Edomites חֵלֶב כִּלְיוֺת אֵילִים Isa 34:6 transferred to wheat,חֵלֶב כִּלְיוֺת חִטָּה Deut 32:14 kidney-fat (i.e. the choicest, richest) of wheat.

2. figurative, as seat of emotion and affection Job 19:27; Prov 23:16; Ps 16:7; Ps 73:21 קָרוֺב אַתָּה בְּפִיהֶם ׳וְרָחוֺק מִכּ Jer 12:2 near art thou in their mouth, and far from their affections; hence, as involving character, the object of God's examination, always || וָלֵב ׃לֵב ׳כֹּחֵן כ Jer 11:20 compare Ps 7:10, ׳חֹקֵר לֵב כֹּחֵן כ Jer 17:10, וָלֵב ׳בֹּחֵן צַדִּיק רֹאֶה כ Jer 20:12, וְלִבִּי ׳צָרְו֯פָה כ Ps 26:2.

כַּלָּה, כְּלוּלָה see below II. כלל.

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