Lexical Summary kilyah: a kidney Original Word: כִּלְיָהTransliteration: kilyah Phonetic Spelling: (kil-yaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a kidney Meaning: a kidney, the mind Strong's Concordance kidneys, reins Feminine of kliy (only in the plural); a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self) -- kidneys, reins. see HEBREW kliy Brown-Driver-Briggs H3629. kilyah [כִּלְיָה noun feminine only plural kidneys (Late Hebrew כִּלְיָה (plural); Aramaic כּוּלְיָא or כּוֺלְיָא (only plural), ; Ethiopic ᵐ5 οἱ νεφροί); — absolute plural כְּלָיוֺת Jeremiah 11:20 5t.; כְּלָֹית Exodus 29:13 13t.; construct כִּלְיוֺת Deuteronomy 32:14; Isaiah 34:6; suffix כִּלְיוֺתַי Job 16:3 2t.; כִּלְֹיתַי 19:27; כִּלְיוֺתָ֑י Psalm 16:7; Proverbs 23:16; כִּלְֹיתָ֑י Psalm 139:13; Lamentations 3:13; כִּלְיוֺתֵיהֶם Jeremiah 12:2; — kidneys: 1 literally, as physical organ, a. of man, only in poetry, as created by ׳י Psalm 139:13; as the most sensitive and vital part, in metaphor of one wounded by ׳יs arrows Job 16:13; Lamentations 3:13. b. of sacrificial animals, offered as choice part to ׳י Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; 9:10, 19; ׳הַכּ שְׁתֵּי Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; 8:16, 25 (all P); in figure of sacrifice Edomites אֵילִים כִּלְיוֺת חֵלֶב Isaiah 34:6; transferred to wheat,חִטָּה כִּלְיוֺת חֵלֶב Deuteronomy 32:14 kidney-fat (i.e. the choicest, richest) of wheat. 2 figurative, as seat of emotion and affection Job 19:27; Proverbs 23:16; Psalm 16:7; 73:21; מִכּ ׳וְרָחוֺק בְּפִיהֶם אַתָּה קָרוֺב Jeremiah 12:2 near art thou in their mouth, and far from their affections; hence, as involving character, the object of God's examination, always "" כ ׳כֹּחֵן ׃לֵב וָלֵב 11:20 compare Psalm 7:10, כ כֹּחֵן לֵב ׳חֹקֵר Jeremiah 17:10, כ רֹאֶה צַדִּיק ׳בֹּחֵן וָלֵב 20:12, כ ׳צָרְו֯פָה וְלִבִּי Psalm 26:2. כְּלוּלָה כַּלָּה, see below II. כלל. כלח (√ of I. כֶּלַח, meaning dubious; Arabic is contract the face, look hard, stern; a hard year (though dearth, etc.)). |
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