H3637. kalam

[כָּלַם‎] verb only

Niph`al, Hoph`al be humiliated,

Hiph`il humiliate (Late Hebrew Hiph`il, id.; Aramaic כְּלַם‎ Aph`el, Ithpe`el; Arabic is wound; also speak to, converse with); —

Niph`al Perfect2feminine singular וְנִכְלַמְתְּ‎ consecutive Jeremiah 22:22 2t.; 1 singular נִכְלַמְתִּי‎ 31:19; Ezra 9:6, נִכְלָ֑מְתִּי‎ Isaiah 50:7; 3plural נִכְלְמוּ‎ 45:16 2t.; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּכָּלֵם‎ Numbers 12:14; 2feminine singular תִּכָּֽלְמִי‎ Isaiah 54:4; 3masculine plural יִכָּֽלְמוּ‎ 41:11 5t.; 2 masculine plural תִּכָּֽלְמוּ‎ 45:17; Imperative masculine plural הִכָּֽלְמוּ‎ Ezekiel 36:32; Infinitive construct הִכָּלֵם‎ Jeremiah 3:3; 8:12; Participle נִכְלָם‎ Psalm 74:21; masculine plural נִכְלָמִים‎ 2 Samuel 10:5 2t.; feminine plural נִכְלָמוֺת‎ Ezekiel 16:27>; — be humiliated, ashamed, put to shame, dishonoured, confounded:

1 be humiliated, ashamed, before men Numbers 12:14 (E), 2 Samuel 10:5 = 1 Chronicles 19:5; 2 Samuel 19:4, compare Psalm 74:21; before enemies (by defeat, etc.) Isaiah 45:17 ("" בושׁ‎), 50:7; 54:4 ("" חפר בושׁ,‎); before God, followed by לְ‎ infinitive, אֵלֶיךָ מָּנַי לְהָרִים אֱלֹהַי וְנִכְלַמְתִּי‎ Ezra 9:6 ("" בושׁ‎); Jeremiah 3:3; Ezekiel 16:27, 54 ("" כְלִמָּה נָשָׂא‎), 43:10-11, (all + מִן‎ causative) 16:61, so probably Levites, at Hezekiah's reforms 2 Chronicles 30:5.

2 be put to shame, dishonoured, confounded, by judgments of ׳י‎, all "" בושׁ‎: Jeremiah 22:22 (מִן‎ of cause), Ezekiel 36:32 (id.), Jeremiah 31:19 (כִּי‎ of cause), 8:12; Isaiah 41:11; 45:16 (+ בַּכְּלִמָּה הָלַךְ‎), Psalm 35:4; 69:7; + חפר‎ 40:15; 70:3.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular suffix הִכְּלִמוֺ‎ 1 Samuel 20:34; 3masculine plural suffix הֶכְלַמְנוּם‎ (Ges^{§ 53}, 3 R. 6) 25:7; Imperfect יַכְלִים‎ Proverbs 28:7; 2masculine singular suffix וַתַּכְלִימֵנוּ‎ Psalm 44:10; 2masculine plural suffix תַּכְלִימוּנִי‎ Job 19:3, מֿוּהָ‎ Ruth 2:15; Infinitive construct הַכְלִים‎ Jeremiah 6:15; Proverbs 25:8; Participle מַכְלִים‎ Judges 18:7 (but see below), מַכְלִם‎ Job 11:3; —

1 put to shame = insult, humiliate, with accusative 1 Samuel 20:34; 25:7 (compare Hoph`al 25:15) Ruth 2:15; Job 19:3; humiliate by rebuke 11:3; humiliate by defeat Proverbs 25:8; Psalm 44:10; cause shame to Proverbs 28:7; — Judges 18:7 is corrupt (see Be VB GFM; Be proposes כלדֿבר מַחְסוֺר‎ there was no lack of anything, for ד ׳מַכְלִים ᵑ0‎; GFM conjectures מִדָּבָר מְכַלֵּא‎ there is no one to restrain (us) from anything in the land).

2 exhibit shame Jeremiah 6:15 ("" בוֺשׁ‎).

Hoph`al Perfect

11plural הָכְלַמְנוּ לֹא‎ 1 Samuel 25:15 we were not insulted, humiliated (compare Hiph`il 1).

23plural חָכְלְמוּ‎ Jeremiah 14:3 they were put to shame, dishonoured, confounded ("" בושׁ‎).