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כְּלִי324 noun masculine Hos 8:8 article, utensil, vessel (Late Hebrew id.; according to Thes from כלה = conficere, like German Zeug fromzeugen; properly therefore anything finished, made, produced; according to BaZMG 1887, 605 from meaning enclose, contain; he finds plural of כְּלִי in כלאי M-I:23 (compare כלאים)) — ׳ כ absolute Jer 18:4 +; הַכֶּ֑לִי 1Sam 17:49; 1Sam 21:6 construct כְּלִי Hos 13:15 +; suffix כֶּלְיְךָ Deut 23:25 plural כֵּלִים Exod 22:6 +; construct כְּלֵי Gen 24:53 +; suffix כֵּלַי Gen 31:37 + 2 t.; כֵּלֶיךָ Gen 27:3; Ezek 12:4 כֵּלֵינוּ 1Sam 9:7 כְּלֵיכֶם Gen 43:11 +; כְּלֵיהֶם Josh 7:11 +; —
1. in general, article, object, made of any material, thing
, especially thing of value זָהָב
׳
כ
1Sam 6:8; 1Sam 6:15 (images of
mice, etc.), personal or household property Gen 31:37 (twice in verse) (
E
; vb
כֹּל כְּלֵיבֵֿיתֶ֑ךָ), Gen 45:20 (
E
), כְּלֵי בֵיתֿ
טוֺבִיָּהוּ
Neh 13:18;
Josh 7:11 (
J
E
), כֶּסֶף אוֺ כֵּלִים
Exod 22:6 (
E
) money or articles (property), כְּלִיפָּֿ֑ז
Job 28:17
(apparently collective); things carried, plural = stuff, load, baggage
(impedimenta) 1Sam 17:22 (twice in verse), apparently = baggage-train
1Sam 10:22;
1Sam 25:13;
1Sam 30:24;
Isa 10:28
(compare Gen 31:37
above); כְּלֵי גוֺלָה
things of exile, i.e. the most necessary articles, such as exiles may take, Jer 46:19; Ezek 12:3; Ezek 12:4b; Ezek 12:7b,
compare Ezek 12:4
a, Ezek 12:7
a; = ornaments or jewels
Gen 24:53 (
J
; זָהָב
׳
כֶסֶף וכ
׳
כ, probably = ornaments), זהב
׳
כסף וכ
׳
כ also
Exod 3:22; Exod
11:2; Exod
12:35 (all
E
); Isa
61:10; Exod
35:22; Num
31:50, כְּלֵי מַעֲשֶׂה Num 31:51 (all
P
), כְּלִי יְקָר
Prov 20:15
(in figurative), תִפְאַרְתֵּךְ
׳
כ
Ezek 16:17;
Ezek 16:39;
Ezek 23:26 (
all in figure); כְּלֵי נְחשֶׁת as merchandise Ezek 27:13
כֵּלִים as cargo of ship Jonah 1:5
כסף וזהב וּכְלֵי נְחשֶׁת
וּבַרְזֶל
Josh 6:19; Josh 6:24 (
J
E
; spoil of war); of any household article (on which one sits) Lev 15:4; Lev 15:6; Lev 15:22; Lev 15:23; Lev 15:26 (all
P
); of skin
Num 31:20, or wood Num 31:20 (
P
); כְּלִי
חֶמְדָּה
Nah 2:10
precious thing, so Hos 13:15 (figurative), Jer 25:34 (simile), 2Chr 32:27; Dan 11:8, כלי חֲמֻדוֺת
2Chr 20:25
(apparently = ornaments); also כְּלִי אֵיןחֵֿפֶץ בּוֺ
Jer 22:28
(figurative of Coniah, || עֶצֶב נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ), Hos 8:8 (simile; compare Jer 48:38 below); specifically of
garments (one's 'things'): כְּלִיגֶֿבֶר
Deut 22:5 (||
שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה), so כְּלִיֿ
עוֺר
Lev 13:49
(compare מְלֶאכֶת עוֺר Lev 13:48), Lev 13:52 Lev 13:53 Lev 13:57 Lev 13:58 Lev 13:59 (all
P
).
2.
utensil, implement, apparatus:
a.
implement of hunting and (especially) war, = weapon
Gen 27:3 (
J
),
1Sam 20:40; 1Sam 21:9 (גַּם חַרְבִּי וְגַם כֵּלַי), 1Kgs 11:8
= 2Chr 23:7
;
1Kgs 11:11; Isa 54:16; Isa 54:17; Jer 22:7 probably also Num 35:32, כְּלִי
בַּרְזֶל Num 35:16, כְּלִי עֵץיָֿד Num 35:18 (all
P
); כְּלֵי
חָמָם
Gen 49:5
(poem); כְּלִי מַשְׁחֵתוֺ
Ezek 9:1,
מַפָּצוֺ
׳
כ
Ezek 9:2 figurative of God's weapons כְּלֵימָֿוֶת
Ps 7:14 (||
חִצָּיו); זַעְמוֺ
׳
כ
Isa 13:5;
Jer 50:25
of entire equipment of warrior, armour or armament
offensive and defensive 1Sam 17:54 (compare 1Sam 17:5ff.), 1Sam 21:6 (twice in verse) (see DrSm 139. 293), 1Sam 31:9; 1Sam 31:10 = 1Chr 10:9;
1Chr 10:10
hence נשֵֹׁא כֵלִים (כֵּלָיוׅ
armour- or weapon-bearer
Judg 9:54;
1Sam 14:1;
1Sam 14:6;
1Sam 14:7;
1Sam 14:12
(twice in verse); 1Sam 14:13 (twice in verse); 1Sam 14:14; 1Sam 14:17; 1Sam 16:21
; 1Sam 31:4
(twice in verse); 1Sam 31:5; 1Sam 31:6 = 1Chr 10:4 (twice in verse); 1Chr 10:5, 2Sam 18:15; 2Sam 23:37
=
1Chr 11:39 figurative וְכֵלַי כֵּלָיו רָעִים
Isa 32:7
and a knave, his weapons (i.e. devices, Che
'machinations') are evil; more precisely כְּלֵי מִלְחָמָה
Judg 18:11
; Judg
18:16;
Judg 18:17; 1Sam 8:12; 2Sam 1:27; Deut 1:41; Jer 21:4; Jer 50:20 (figurative),
Ezek 32:27
;
1Chr 12:34 (van d. H v.1Chr 12:33); כְּלֵי
צְבָא מִלְחָמָה
1Chr 12:38
(van d. H v.1Chr 12:37); כְּלֵי קְרָב
Eccl 9:18
בֵּית כֵּלָיו
2Kgs 20:13
= Isa
39:2 is perhaps armoury; ׳
כ
Ezek 40:42
is sacrificial knife.
b.
instrument of music כְּלֵי
(הַ)שִּׁיר
Amos 6:5;
1Chr
15:16; 1Chr 16:42; 2Chr 5:13; 2Chr 7:6; 2Chr 23:13; 2Chr
34:12
כְּלֵי דָוִיד
2Chr
29:26; 2Chr 29:27, שִֿׁיר דָּוִיד
׳
כ
Neh
12:36
כְּלִי נֶבֶל
Ps 71:22
, נְבָלִים
׳
כ
1Chr 16:5
כֵּלִים alone 1Chr 23:5, compare Num 31:6 (
P
; כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ); — for בִּכְלֵי עֹז (ליהוהׅ
2Chr
30:21 read בְּכָלעֹֿז (KauAT
, compare Be).
c.
implement of labour, tool
בַרְזֶל
׳
כ
1Kgs 6:7
, or of one's calling, pursuit קַחלְֿךָ כְּלִי רֹעֶה אֱוִלִי
Zech 11:15 (otherwise 1Sam 17:40, see 3).
d.
equipment of oxen (yoke, etc.) 2Sam 24:22;
1Kgs 19:21.
e.
כְּלֵי רִכְכּוֺ
1Sam
8:22
his chariot-equipments.
f. as general term for
utensils and furniture of Solomon's palace
1Kgs 10:21 = 2Chr 9:20 especially (very often) of tabernacle Exod
25:9;
Exod 25:39; Exod 27:3 + (in Hexateuch always
P
), and temple 1Kgs 7:45; 1Kgs 7:47; 1Kgs 7:48;
2Kgs 12:14 +; of both palace and temple Jer 27:18;
Jer 27:19; Jer 27:21 combinations are כְּלֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן
Exod 27:19, הַמִּזְבֵּחַ
׳
כ
Exod
38:3, יהוה
׳
כ
Isa 52:11, ׳
בֵית י
׳
כ
Jer 27:16; Jer 28:3; Jer 28:6; Ezra 1:7, ׳
כְּלֵי חֶמְדַּת בֵּית י
2Chr 36:10
, בֵית
׳
כ
אֱלֹהִים
2Chr 28:24
(twice in verse); 2Chr 36:18; Neh
13:9; Dan 1:2
, הַמִּקְדָּשׁ
׳
כ
Neh 10:40
הַשָּׁרֵת
׳
כ
Num
4:12
utensil of ministry, עֲבֹדָתָם
׳
כ
Num
4:26;
1Chr 9:28; 1Chr 28:14 (twice in verse), ׳
עֲבוֺדַת בֵּית י
׳
כ
1Chr 28:13
, מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם
׳
כ
Num
4:32 also הַקֹּדֶשׁ
׳
כ
1Kgs
8:4; 1Chr
9:29 of appliances of idol-workship
2Kgs 23:4.
3.
vessel, receptacle, of various materials and for various purposes Gen 43:11 (
J
); 1Sam 9:7
; Deut
23:25 = sack
Gen 42:25
(
E
; שַׂק in || clause, compare אַמְתַּחַת Gen 42:27);
כְּלִי הָרֹעִים
shepherd's bag or wallet
1Sam 17:40
,
compare 1Sam
17:49
חֶרֶשׂ
׳
כ
Jer 32:14
is earthen-ware receptacle for deed of sale; for liquids 1Kgs 17:10; 2Kgs 4:3
(twice in verse);
2Kgs 4:4;
2Kgs 4:6 (3 t. in
verse), מַשְׁקֶה
׳
כ
1Kgs 10:21
= 2Chr
9:20
, כְּלֵי שַׁמְנָהּ
Num 4:9, compare
v
Num 4:10
וְלֹא הוּרַק מִכְּלִי אֶלכֶּֿ֑לִי
Jer 48:11
(figurative), compare Jer 48:12 (|| נְבָלִים); for cooking Lev 6:21 (חֶרֶשׂ
׳
כ), v.Lev 6:21 (נְחשֶׁת
׳
כ); see also (הַ)יּוֺצֵר
2Sam 17:28
; Jer
19:11 (simile), Ps 2:9 (simile), לַצֹּרֵף כֶּ֑לִי
Prov 25:4
׳
כ
פָתוּחַ
Num 19:15
an open (uncovered) vessel.
טָהוֺר
׳
כ
Isa 66:20
a clean vessel; figurative of Eliakim's relatives כְּלֵי הַקָּטָ֑ן מִכְּלֵי
הָאַגָּנוֺת וְעַד כָּלכְּֿלֵי הַנְּבָלִים
Isa 22:24
the vessels of smallness (DaSynt. § 32, R.
5
), from the basin-vessels to all the pitcher-vessels.
4. specifically כְּלֵיגֹֿמֶא
Isa 18:2
vessels (boats) of paper-reed.