Lexical Definition

‎קְלִיטָא‎ Qᵉlîyṭâʼ (kel-ee-taw') Kelita ^N:N-M-P
from ‎קָלַט‎; maiming

Kelita.

• § Kelita = "crippled"
• Kelita, the name of three Israelites

1) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
1a) also 'Kelaiah'

Extended Information

name of: קֵלָיָה

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23 also called Kelita at Ezr.10.23
• Another name of qe.la.yah (‎ק‎ֵ‎ל‎ָ‎י‎ָ‎ה‎ "Kelaiah" קֵלָיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קְלִיטָא‎ proper name, masculine Levite, Neh 8:7; Neh 10:11* (ᵐ5^L in both Καλλιτας) Ezra 10:23 (where called also ‎קֵלָיָה‎, see ‎קוֺלָיָה‎), Κωλιεν, Α Κωλιτας ᵐ5^L as Nehemiah. ‎קָלִי(אׅ‎ see ‎קלה‎. ‎קַלַּי‎ see ‎קלל‎. ‎קֵלָיָה‎ see ‎קְלִיטָא‎, above

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