Lexical Definition

‎כְּלִמָּה‎ kᵉlimmâh (kel-im-maw') shame ^H:N-F
from ‎כָּלַם‎

confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.

• disgrace

1) disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy
1a) insult, reproach
1b) reproach, ignominy

See Greek: αἰσχύνη · ἀτιμία · βάσανος · ἐντροπή · ὀνειδισμός · ὄνειδος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כְּלִמָּה‎ noun feminine insult, reproach, ignominy; — absolute ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Isa 45:16 + 9 t.; construct ‎כְּלִמַּת‎ Jer 20:11 + 3 t.; suffix ‎כְּלִמָּתִי‎ Job 20:3 + 3 t., etc., plural ‎כְּלִמּוֺת‎ Mic 2:6; Isa 50:6 —

1. specifically, insult, reproach, ‎׳‎‎לֹא יִסַּג כ‎ Mic 2:6 reproaches do not cease; ‎מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי‎ Job 20:3 = my beshaming (insulting) correction, i.e. the correction which insults me.

2. in general, reproach, ignominy, opposed to ‎כָּבוֺד‎ Ps 4:3* ‎׳‎‎הלך בַּכּ‎ Isa 45:16 go into ignominy (+ ‎בּוֺשׁ‎, ‎נִכְלַם‎); often || ‎בּשֶׁת‎ Isa 30:3; Isa 61:7; Ps 44:16*, subject of ‎כִּסָּה‎ Jer 3:25 our ignomity covereth us, so under figure of garment, after ‎לָבַשׁ‎ Ps 35:26 (+ ‎בושׁ‎, ‎חפר‎ in v^a), Ps 109:29 || ‎חֶרְפָּה‎ Ps 69:8* (subject of ‎כִּסְּתָה פָּנָ֑י‎), Jer 51:51 (id.; ‎בושׁ‎ in || clause), Ps 71:13 (+ ‎בושׁ‎ in || clause); || ‎בּשֶׁת‎ + ‎חֶרְפָּה‎ Ps 69:20* || ‎אִוֶּלֶת‎ Prov 18:13 || ‎רֹק‎ Isa 50:6 ‎עוֺלָם‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Jer 20:11 (‎בושׁ‎ in || clause); ‎כְּלִמָּתֵךְ‎ Ezek 16:63 (id. ||); often in Ezek. ‎׳‎‎נשׂא כ‎ bear ignominy, Ezek 16:52 (twice in verse) (|| ‎בושׁ‎), vEzek 16:54 (‎נִכְלַם‎ in || clause); Ezek 32:24; Ezek 32:25; Ezek 32:30 (all + ‎אֶתיֿוֺרְדֵי בוֺר‎ with those who go down to the pit; reference to ignominious death), Ezek 36:7; Ezek 39:26 (si vera 1. = bear the humiliating sense of underserved kindness from ‎׳‎‎י‎; but text dubious, Hi Co, q. v., [‎׳‎‎כ‎] ‎נשׁו‎; Sm Da defend); ‎נאשׂ כְּלִמַּת‎ ‎הַגּוֺיִם‎, i.e. caused by the nations, Ezek 34:39; Ezek 36:6 also vEzek 36:15 (|| ‎חֶרְפַּת עַמִּים‎), probably also Ps 89:51* (read ‎כְּלִמַּת‎, compare VB Che Bae); ‎כְּלִמָּתָם יְתוֺעֲבוֺתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְנ‎ Ezek 44:13.

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