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[כִּלְיָה noun feminine only plural kidneys (Late Hebrew כִּלְיָה (plural); Aramaic כּוּלְיָא or כּוֺלְיָא (only plural), [untranscribed source text 2519]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2520] 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.