כְּלִי 324 noun masculineHosea 8:8 article, utensil, vessel (Late Hebrew
id.; according to Thes from
כלה =
conficere, like German
Zeug from
zeugen; properly therefore anything
finished, made, produced; according to Ba
ZMG 1887, 605 from meaning
enclose, contain; he finds plural of
כְּלִי in
כלאי M-I
23 (compare
כלאים)) —
כ׳ absolute
Jeremiah 18:4 +;
הַכֶּ֑לִי 1 Samuel 17:49;
1 Samuel 21:6; construct
כְּלִי Hosea 13:15 +; suffix
כֶּלְיְךָ Deuteronomy 23:25; plural
כֵּלִים Exodus 22:6 +; construct
כְּלֵי Genesis 24:53 +; suffix
כֵּלַי Genesis 31:37 +
2 times;
כֵּלֶיךָ Genesis 27:3;
Ezekiel 12:4;
כֵּלֵינוּ 1 Samuel 9:7;
כְּלֵיכֶם Genesis 43:11 +;
כְּלֵיהֶם Joshua 7:11 +; —
1. in general,
article, object, made of any material,
thing, especially thing of value
זָהָב כ׳ 1 Samuel 6:8,
15 (images of mice, etc.), personal or household property
Genesis 31:37 (twice in verse) (E;
Genesis 31:37b כֹּל כְּלֵיבֵֿיתֶ֑ךָ),
Genesis 45:20 (E),
כְּלֵי בֵיתֿ טוֺבִיָּהוּ Nehemiah 13:18;
Joshua 7:11 (JE),
כֶּסֶף אוֺ כֵּלִים Exodus 22:6 (E)
money or
articles (property),
כְּלִי־פָּ֑ז Job 28:17 (apparently collective);
things carried, plural =
stuff, load, baggage (
impedimenta)
1 Samuel 17:22 (twice in verse), apparently =
baggage-train 1 Samuel 10:22;
1 Samuel 25:13;
1 Samuel 30:24;
Isaiah 10:28; (compare
Genesis 31:37 above);
כְּלֵי גוֺלָה things of exile, i.e. the most necessary articles, such as exiles may take,
Jeremiah 46:19;
Ezekiel 12:3,
4b;
Ezekiel 12:7b, compare
Ezekiel 12:4a,
Ezekiel 12:7a; =
ornaments or
jewels Genesis 24:53 (J;
זָהָב כֶסֶף וכ׳ כ׳, probably = ornaments),
זהב כסף וכ׳ כ׳ also
Exodus 3:22;
Exodus 11:2;
Exodus 12:35 (all E);
Isaiah 61:10;
Exodus 35:22;
Numbers 31:50,
כְּלֵי מַעֲשֶׂה Numbers 31:51 (all P),
כְּלִי יְקָר Proverbs 20:15 (in figurative),
תִפְאַרְתֵּךְ כ׳ Ezekiel 16:17,
39;
Ezekiel 23:26 (all in figure);
כְּלֵי נְחשֶׁת as merchandise
Ezekiel 27:13;
כֵּלִים as cargo of ship
Jonah 1:5;
כסף וזהב וּכְלֵי נְחשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל Joshua 6:19,
24 (J E; spoil of war); of any household article (on which one sits)
Leviticus 15:4,
6,
22,
23,
26 (all P); of skin
Numbers 31:20, or wood
Numbers 31:20 (P);
כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה Nahum 2:10 precious thing, so
Hosea 13:15 (figurative),
Jeremiah 25:34 (simile),
2 Chronicles 32:27;
Daniel 11:8,
כלי חֲמֻדוֺת 2 Chronicles 20:25 (apparently = ornaments); also
כְּלִי אֵיןחֵֿפֶץ בּוֺ Jeremiah 22:28 (figurative of Coniah, ||
עֶצֶב נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ),
Hosea 8:8 (simile; compare
Jeremiah 48:38 below); † specifically of
garments (one's 'things'):
כְּלִיגֶֿבֶר Deuteronomy 22:5 (||
שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה), so
כְּלִיֿ עוֺר Leviticus 13:49 (compare
מְלֶאכֶת עוֺר Leviticus 13:48),
Leviticus 13:52;
Leviticus 13:53;
Leviticus 13:57;
Leviticus 13:58;
Leviticus 13:59 (all P).
2. utensil, implement, apparatus:
†a. implement of hunting and (especially) war, =
weapon Genesis 27:3 (J),
1 Samuel 20:40;
1 Samuel 21:9 (
גַּם חַרְבִּי וְגַם כֵּלַי),
1 Kings 11:8 2 Chronicles 23:7;
1 Kings 11:11;
Isaiah 54:16,
17;
Jeremiah 22:7; probably also
Numbers 35:32,
כְּלִי בַּרְזֶל Numbers 35:16,
כְּלִי עֵץיָֿד Numbers 35:18 (all P);
כְּלֵי חָמָם Genesis 49:5 (poem);
כְּלִי מַשְׁחֵתוֺ Ezekiel 9:1,
מַפָּצוֹ כ׳ Ezekiel 9:2; figurative of God's weapons
כְּלֵימָֿוֶת Psalm 7:14 (||
חִצָּיו);
זַעְמוֺ כ׳ Isaiah 13:5;
Jeremiah 50:25; of entire equipment of warrior,
armour or
armament offensive and defensive
1 Samuel 17:54 (compare
1 Samuel 17:5ff.),
1 Samuel 21:6 (twice in verse) (see Dr
Sm 139. 293),
1 Samuel 31:9,
10 =
1 Chronicles 10:9,
10; hence
נשֵֹׁא כֵלִים (כֵּלָיוׅ armour—
weapon-bearer Judges 9:54;
1 Samuel 14:1,
6,
7,
12 (twice in verse);
1 Samuel 14:13 (twice in verse);
1 Samuel 14:14,
17;
1 Samuel 16:21;
1 Samuel 31:4 (twice in verse);
1 Samuel 31:5,
6 =
1 Chronicles 10:4 (twice in verse);
1 Chronicles 10:5,
2 Samuel 18:15;
2 Samuel 23:37 =
1 Chronicles 11:39; figurative
וְכֵלַי כֵּלָיו רָעִים Isaiah 32:7 and a knave, his weapons (i.e. devices, Che 'machinations')
are evil; more precisely
כְּלֵי מִלְחָמָה Judges 18:11,
16,
17;
1 Samuel 8:12;
2 Samuel 1:27;
Deuteronomy 1:41;
Jeremiah 21:4;
Jeremiah 50:20 (figurative),
Ezekiel 32:27;
1 Chronicles 12:34 [
1 Chronicles 12:33] (van d. H
1 Chronicles 12:33 [
1 Chronicles 12:32]);
כְּלֵי צְבָא מִלְחָמָה 1 Chronicles 12:38 [
1 Chronicles 12:37] (van d. H
1 Chronicles 12:37);
כְּלֵי קְרָב Ecclesiastes 9:18;
בֵּית כֵּלָיו 2 Kings 20:13 =
Isaiah 39:2 is perhaps
armoury;
כ׳ Ezekiel 40:42 is sacrificial knife.
f. as general term for
utensils and
furniture of Solomon's palace
1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20; especially (very often) of tabernacle
Exodus 25:9,
39;
Exodus 27:3 + —
1 Kings 7:45,
47,
48;
2 Kings 12:14 +; of both palace and temple
Jeremiah 27:18,
19,
21; combinations are
כְּלֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 27:19,
הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כ׳ Exodus 38:3,
יהוה כ׳ Isaiah 52:11,
בֵית י׳ כ׳ Jeremiah 27:16;
Jeremiah 28:3,
6;
Ezra 1:7,
כְּלֵי חֶמְדַּת בֵּית י׳ 2 Chronicles 36:10,
בֵית כ׳ אֱלֹהִים 2 Chronicles 28:24 (twice in verse);
2 Chronicles 36:18;
Nehemiah 13:9;
Daniel 1:2,
הַמִּקְדָּשׁ כ׳ Nehemiah 10:40;
הַשָּׁרֵת כ׳ Numbers 4:12 utensil of ministry,
עֲבֹדָתָם כ׳ Numbers 4:26;
1 Chronicles 9:28;
1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse),
עֲבוֺדַת בֵּית י׳ כ׳ 1 Chronicles 28:13,
מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם כ׳ Numbers 4:32; also
הַקֹּדֶשׁ כ׳ 1 Kings 8:4;
1 Chronicles 9:29; of
appliances of idol-workship
2 Kings 23:4.
3. vessel, receptacle, of various materials and for various purposes
Genesis 43:11 (J);
1 Samuel 9:7;
Deuteronomy 23:25; =
sack Genesis 42:25 (E;
שַׂק in || clause, compare
אַמְתַּחַת Genesis 42:27);
כְּלִי הָרֹעִים shepherd's bag or
wallet 1 Samuel 17:40, compare
1 Samuel 17:49;
חֶרֶשׂ כ׳ Jeremiah 32:14 is
earthen-ware receptacle for deed of sale; for liquids
1 Kings 17:10;
2 Kings 4:3 (twice in verse);
2 Kings 4:4,
6 (
3 times in verse),
מַשְׁקֶה כ׳ 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20,
כְּלֵי שַׁמְנָהּ Numbers 4:9, compare
Numbers 4:10;
וְלֹא הוּרַק מִכְּלִי אֶלכֶּֿ֑לִי Jeremiah 48:11 (figurative), compare
Jeremiah 48:12 (||
נְבָלִים); for cooking
Leviticus 6:21 (
חֶרֶשׂ כ׳),
Leviticus 6:21 (
נְחשֶׁת כ׳); see also
(הַ)יּוֺצֵר 2 Samuel 17:28;
Jeremiah 19:11 (simile),
Psalm 2:9 (simile),
לַצֹּרֵף כֶּ֑לִי Proverbs 25:4;
כ׳ פָתוּחַ Numbers 19:15 an open (
uncovered)
vessel.
טָהוֺר כ׳ Isaiah 66:20 a clean vessel; figurative of Eliakim's relatives
כְּלֵי הַקָּטָ֑ן מִכְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֺת וְעַד כָּלכְּֿלֵי הַנְּבָלִים Isaiah 22:24 the vessels of smallness (Da
Synt. § 32, R. 5),
from the basin-vessels to all the pitcher-vessels.
4. specifically
כְּלֵיגֹֿמֶא Isaiah 18:2 vessels (boats)
of paper-reed.
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