BDB4245
[כֹּ֫תֶל] noun [masculine] wall of house (Late Hebrew כּוֺתֶל, Aramaic כּוֺתְלָא); — only suffix כָּתְלֵנוּ Song 2:9.
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H3796 |
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| Word: | כּוֹתֶל |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from an unused root meaning to compact |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | kothel |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ko'-thel |
| Meaning: | 1. a wall (as gathering inmates) |
| KJV Renderings: | wall. |
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[כֹּ֫תֶל] noun [masculine] wall of house (Late Hebrew כּוֺתֶל, Aramaic כּוֺתְלָא); — only suffix כָּתְלֵנוּ Song 2:9.
כְּתַל (K§ 54, 3a) ε) and c)) noun [masculine] wall (Biblical Hebrew כֹּתֶל, √ כתל); — construct ׳ כ Dan 5:5 plural emphatic כֻּתְלַיָּא Ezra 5:8.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke