STRONGS NUMBER H3639


Word Summary
kelimmah: insult, reproach, ignominy
Original Word: כּלִמָּה
Transliteration: kelimmah
Phonetic Spelling: (kel-im-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: insult, reproach, ignominy
Meaning: insult, reproach, ignominy
Strong's Concordance
confusion, dishonor, reproach, shame

From kalam; disgrace -- confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.

see HEBREW kalam

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3639. kelimmah

כְּלִמָּהnoun feminine insult, reproach, ignominy; — absolute ׳כIsaiah 45:16 9t.; construct כְּלִמַּתJeremiah 20:11 3t.; suffix כְּלִמָּתִיJob 20:3 3t., etc., plural כְּלִמּוֺתMicah 2:6; Isaiah 50:6; —

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

2 in General, reproach, ignominy, opposed to כָּבוֺדPsalm 4:3; בַּכּ ׳הלךIsaiah 45:16 go into ignominy (+ נִכְלַם בּוֺשׁ,‎); often "" בּשֶׁת30:3; 61:7; Psalm 44:16, subject of כִּסָּהJeremiah 3:25 our ignomity covereth us, so under figure of garment, after לָבַשׁPsalm 35:26 (+ חפר בושׁ,‎ in va), 109:29; "" חֶרְמָּה69:8 (subject of מָּנָ֑י כִּסְּתָה‎), Jeremiah 51:51 (id.; בושׁ‎ in "" clause), Psalm 71:13 (+ בושׁ‎ in "" clause); "" בּשֶׁת‎ + חֶרְמָּה69:20; "" אִוֶּלֶתProverbs 18:13; "" רֹקIsaiah 50:6; ׳כ עוֺלָםJeremiah 20:11 (בושׁ‎ in "" clause); כְּלִמָּתֵךְEzekiel 16:63 (id. ""); often in Ezek. כ ׳נשׂאbear ignominy, 16:52 (twice in verse) ("" בושׁ‎), 16:54 (נִכְלַם‎ in "" clause); 32:24-25, 30 (all + בוֺר אֶתיֿוֺרְדֵיwith those who go down to the pit; reference to ignominious death), 36:7; 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); הַגּוֺיִם כְּלִמַּת נאשׂ‎, i.e. caused by the nations, Ezekiel 34:39; 36:6; also 36:15 ("" עַמִּים חֶרְמַּת‎), probably also Psalm 89:51 (read כְּלִמַּת‎, compare VB Che Bae); ׳וְנ עָשׂוּ אֲשֶׁר יְתוֺעֲבוֺתָם כְּלִמָּתָםEzekiel 44:13.