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כִּלְיָה noun feminine only plural
kidneys (Late Hebrew
כִּלְיָה (plural); Aramaic
כּוּלְיָא or
כּוֺלְיָא (only plural),
; Ethiopic
ᵐ5 οἱ νεφροί); — absolute plural
כְּלָיוֺת Jeremiah 11:20 5t.;
כְּלָֹית Exodus 29:13 13t.; construct
כִּלְיוֺת Deuteronomy 32:14;
Isaiah 34:6; suffix
כִּלְיוֺתַי Job 16:3 2t.;
כִּלְֹיתַי Job 19:27;
כִּלְיוֺתָ֑י Psalm 16:7;
Proverbs 23:16;
כִּלְֹיתָ֑י Psalm 139:13;
Lamentations 3:13;
כִּלְיוֺתֵיהֶם Jeremiah 12:2; —
kidneys: 1 literally, as physical organ,
a. of man, only in poetry, as created by ׳י Psalm 139:13; as the most sensitive and vital part, in metaphor of one wounded by ׳יs arrows Job 16:13; Lamentations 3:13.
b. of sacrificial animals, offered as choice part to ׳י Leviticus 3:4,10,15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4; Leviticus 9:10,19; שְׁתֵּי ׳הַכּ Exodus 29:13,22; Leviticus 3:4,10,15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4; Leviticus 8:16,25 (all P); in figure of sacrifice Edomites חֵלֶב כִּלְיוֺת אֵילִים Isaiah 34:6; transferred to wheat,חֵלֶב כִּלְיוֺת חִטָּה Deuteronomy 32:14 kidney-fat (i.e. the choicest, richest) of wheat.
2 figurative, as seat of emotion and affection Job 19:27; Proverbs 23:16; Psalm 16:7; Psalm 73:21; קָרוֺב אַתָּה בְּפִיהֶם ׳וְרָחוֺק מִכּ Jeremiah 12:2 near art thou in their mouth, and far from their affections; hence, as involving character, the object of God's examination, always "" וָלֵב ׃לֵב ׳כֹּחֵן כ Jeremiah 11:20 compare Psalm 7:10, ׳חֹקֵר לֵב כֹּחֵן כ Jeremiah 17:10, וָלֵב ׳בֹּחֵן צַדִּיק רֹאֶה כ Jeremiah 20:12, וְלִבִּי ׳צָרְו֯פָה כ Psalm 26:2.
כַּלָּה, כְּלוּלָה see below II. כלל.
כלח (√ of I. כֶּלַח, meaning dubious; Arabic 
is contract the face, look hard, stern; 
a hard year (though dearth, etc.)).
