Strong's Lexicon

H3637

H3637 — כָּלַם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewkalamverbOccurrences: 38TWOT: 987

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3637
Word:כָּלַם
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:38
Transliteration:kalam
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kaw-lawm'
Meaning:1. (properly) to wound 2. (figuratively) to taunt or insult
KJV Renderings:be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.

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[כָּלַם] verb only Niph`al, Hoph`al be humiliated, Hiph`il humiliate (Late Hebrew Hiph`il, id.; Aramaic כְּלַם Aph`el, Ithpe`el; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2537] is wound; [untranscribed source text 2538] also speak to, converse with); —

Niph`al Perfect 2 feminine singular וְנִכְלַמְתְּ consecutive Jer 22:22 + 2 t.; 1 singular נִכְלַמְתִּי Jer 31:19; Ezra 9:6 , נִכְלָ֑מְתִּי Isa 50:7 3 plural נִכְלְמוּ Isa 45:16 + 2 t.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּכָּלֵם Num 12:14 2 feminine singular תִּכָּֽלְמִי Isa 54:4 3 masculine plural יִכָּֽלְמוּ Isa 41:11 + 5 t.; 2 masculine plural תִּכָּֽלְמוּ Isa 45:17 Imperative masculine plural הִכָּֽלְמוּ Ezek 36:32 Infinitive construct הִכָּלֵם Jer 3:3; Jer 8:12 Participle נִכְלָם Ps 74:21 masculine plural נִכְלָמִים 2Sam 10:5 + 2 t.; feminine plural נִכְלָמוֺת Ezek 16:27>; — be humiliated, ashamed, put to shame, dishonoured, confounded:
1. be humiliated, ashamed, before men Num 12:14 ( E ), 2Sam 10:5 = 1Chr 19:5; 2Sam 19:4, compare Ps 74:21 before enemies (by defeat, etc.) Isa 45:17 (|| בושׁ), Isa 50:7 ; Isa 54:4 (|| בושׁ, חפר); before God, followed by לְ infinitive, וְנִכְלַמְתִּי אֱלֹהַי לְהָרִים פָּנַי אֵלֶיךָ Ezra 9:6 (|| בושׁ); Jer 3:3; Ezek 16:27; Ezek 16:54 (|| נָשָׂא כְלִמָּה), Ezek 43:10; Ezek 43:11 (all + מִן causative) Ezek 16:61, so probably Levites, at Hezekiah's reforms 2Chr 30:5.
2. be put to shame, dishonoured, confounded, by judgments of ׳ י, all || בושׁ: Jer 22:22 (מִן of cause), Ezek 36:32 (id.), Jer 31:19 ( כִּי of cause), Jer 8:12; Isa 41:11; Isa 45:16 (+ הָלַךְ בַּכְּלִמָּה), Ps 35:4; Ps 69:7 + חפר Ps 40:15; Ps 70:3.
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix הִכְּלִמוֺ 1Sam 20:34 3 masculine plural suffix הֶכְלַמְנוּם (Ges «GKC:53»§ 53, 3 R. 6) 1Sam 25:7 Imperfect יַכְלִים Prov 28:7 2 masculine singular suffix וַתַּכְלִימֵנוּ Ps 44:10 2 masculine plural suffix תַּכְלִימוּנִי Job 19:3 , מֿוּהָ Ruth 2:15 Infinitive construct הַכְלִים Jer 6:15 ; Prov 25:8 Participle מַכְלִים Judg 18:7 (but see below), מַכְלִם Job 11:3 —
1. put to shame = insult, humiliate, with accusative 1Sam 20:34; 1Sam 25:7 (compare Hoph`al 1Sam 25:15) Ruth 2:15; Job 19:3 humiliate by rebuke Job 11:3 humiliate by defeat Prov 25:8; Ps 44:10 cause shame to Prov 28:7 — Judg 18:7 is corrupt (see Be VB GFM; Be proposes מַחְסוֺר כלדֿבר there was no lack of anything, for ᵑ0 ׳ מַכְלִים ד; GFM conjectures מְכַלֵּא מִדָּבָר there is no one to restrain (us) from anything in the land).
2. exhibit shame Jer 6:15 (|| בוֺשׁ).
Hoph`al Perfect
1. 1 plural לֹא הָכְלַמְנוּ 1Sam 25:15 we were not insulted, humiliated (compare Hiph`il 1).
2. 3 plural חָכְלְמוּ Jer 14:3 they were put to shame, dishonoured, confounded (|| בושׁ ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כלם (kah-lam’)

Jeremiah 22:22

KJV: The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
EHCC: then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded,

Ezekiel 16:54

KJV: That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
EHCC: and mayest be confounded

Ezekiel 43:11

KJV: And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
EHCC: if they be ashomed of ail that

Jeremiah 3:3

KJV: Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
EHCC: thou refusedst to be ashamed,

Ezekiel 36:32

KJV: Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
EHCC: be ashamed and confounded

Numbers 12:14

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
EHCC: should she not be ashamed

Psalms 85:4

KJV: Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
EHCC: Let them be confounded and put to shame

Psalms 40:14

KJV: Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
EHCC: (15).and put to shame that wish me evil.

Psalms 45:17

KJV: I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
EHCC: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded

Proverbs 25:8

KJV: Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
EHCC: hen thy neighbour hath put thee to shame,

Jeremiah 6:15

KJV: Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
EHCC: neither could they blush:

Ruth 2:15

KJV: And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:reproach…: Heb. shame her not
EHCC: glean...and reproach her not:(marg. shame.

Job 19:3

KJV: These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.make…: or, harden yourselves against me
EHCC: these ten times have ye reproachea me: y

Proverbs 28:7

KJV: Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.is a companion…: or, feedeth gluttons
EHCC: 4 companion of riotous (men) shameth

Judges 18:7

KJV: Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.Laish: also called, Leshemmagistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraints
EHCC: that might put (them) to shame

Job 11:8

KJV: It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?as high…: Heb. the heights of heaven
EHCC: shall no man make thee ashamed ?

1 Samuel 25:15

KJV: But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:hurt: Heb. shamed
EHCC: we were not hurt, . shamed:

Jeremiah 14:3

KJV: And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
EHCC: they were ere aaTF sombeaded,
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