כליה
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Arabic كُلْيَة (kulya, “kidney”), كُلْوَة (kulwa, “kidney”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /kilˈjɔː/ [kʰilˈjɔː]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /kilˈjɔ/ [kʰilˈjɔː]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kilˈja/
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Noun
[edit]כִּלְיָה • (kilyá) f (plural indefinite כְּלָיוֹת, singular construct כִּלְיַת־, plural construct כִּלְיוֹת־) [pattern: קִטְלָה]
- kidney
- Tanach, Leviticus 3:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְאֵת שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵהֶן אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַכְּסָלִים וְאֶת־הַיֹּתֶרֶת עַל־הַכָּבֵד עַל־הַכְּלָיֹת יְסִירֶנָּה׃
- ve-et shtei ha-klayót ve-et ha-ḥélev ashér 'aleihén ashér 'al ha-ksalím ve-et hayotéret 'al ha-kavéd 'al ha-klayót y'sirénnah.
- and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away by the kidneys.
- (Biblical Hebrew, figuratively) seat of emotion, conscience
- Tanach, Psalms 26:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- בְּחָנֵנִי יְהוָה וְנַסֵּנִי צרופה [צָרְפָה] כִלְיוֹתַי וְלִבִּי׃
- B'ḥanéini, YHWH, v-nasséini; tzar'fá khliyotái v-libbí.
- Examine me, O Lord, and try me; test my reins and my heart.
Declension
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | כִּלְיָה | first | כִּלְיָתִי | כִּלְיָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַכִּלְיָה | second | כִּלְיָתְךָ | כִּלְיָתֵךְ | כִּלְיַתְכֶם | כִּלְיַתְכֶן | |
| construct | כִּלְיַת־ | third | כִּלְיָתוֹ | כִּלְיָתָהּ | כִּלְיָתָם | כִּלְיָתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | כְּלָיוֹת | first | כליותיי / כִּלְיוֹתַי | כִּלְיוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַכְּלָיוֹת | second | כִּלְיוֹתֶיךָ | כליותייך / כִּלְיוֹתַיִךְ | כִּלְיוֹתֵיכֶם | כִּלְיוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | כִּלְיוֹת־ | third | כִּלְיוֹתָיו | כִּלְיוֹתֶיהָ | כִּלְיוֹתָם | כִּלְיוֹתָן | |
Notes
[edit]The stem for the plural forms differs from that of the singular, as the expected plural form would be *כִּלְיוֹת.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]
כליה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
