כְּלִי324 noun masculine[Hos 8:8] article, utensil, vessel (Late Hebrew id.; according to Thes from כלה = conficere, like German Zeug fromzeugen; properly therefore anything finished, made, produced; according to BaZMG 1887, 605 from meaning enclose, contain; he finds plural of כְּלִי in כלאי M-I:23 (compare כלאים)) — ׳כ absolute [Jer 18:4] +; הַכֶּ֑לִי [1Sam 17:49]; [1Sam 21:6] construct כְּלִי [Hos 13:15] +; suffix כֶּלְיְךָ [Deut 23:25] plural כֵּלִים [Exod 22:6] +; construct כְּלֵי [Gen 24:53] +; suffix כֵּלַי [Gen 31:37] + 2 t.; כֵּלֶיךָ [Gen 27:3]; [Ezek 12:4] כֵּלֵינוּ [1Sam 9:7] כְּלֵיכֶם [Gen 43:11] +; כְּלֵיהֶם [Josh 7:11] +; —
1. in general, article, object, made of any material, thing, especially thing of value זָהָב ׳כ [1Sam 6:8]; [1Sam 6:15] (images of mice, etc.), personal or household property [Gen 31:37] (twice in verse) (E; vb כֹּל כְּלֵיבֵֿיתֶ֑ךָ), [Gen 45:20] (E), כְּלֵי בֵיתֿ טוֺבִיָּהוּ [Neh 13:18]; [Josh 7:11] (JE), כֶּסֶף אוֺ כֵּלִים [Exod 22:6] (E) money or articles (property), כְּלִיפָּֿ֑ז [Job 28:17] (apparently collective); things carried, plural = stuff, load, baggage (impedimenta) [1Sam 17:22] (twice in verse), apparently = baggage-train [1Sam 10:22]; [1Sam 25:13]; [1Sam 30:24]; [Isa 10:28] (compare [Gen 31:37] above); כְּלֵי גוֺלָה things of exile, i.e. the most necessary articles, such as exiles may take, [Jer 46:19]; [Ezek 12:3]; [Ezek 12:4]b; [Ezek 12:7]b, compare v[Ezek 12:4]a, [Ezek 12:7]a; = ornaments or jewels [Gen 24:53] (J; זָהָב ׳כֶסֶף וכ ׳כ, probably = ornaments), זהב ׳כסף וכ ׳כ also [Exod 3:22]; [Exod 11:2]; [Exod 12:35] (all E); [Isa 61:10]; [Exod 35:22]; [Num 31:50], כְּלֵי מַעֲשֶׂה v[Num 31:51] (all P), כְּלִי יְקָר [Prov 20:15] (in figurative), תִפְאַרְתֵּךְ ׳כ [Ezek 16:17]; [Ezek 16:39]; [Ezek 23:26] ( all in figure); כְּלֵי נְחשֶׁת as merchandise [Ezek 27:13] כֵּלִים as cargo of ship [Jonah 1:5] כסף וזהב וּכְלֵי נְחשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל [Josh 6:19]; [Josh 6:24] (J E; spoil of war); of any household article (on which one sits) [Lev 15:4]; [Lev 15:6]; [Lev 15:22]; [Lev 15:23]; [Lev 15:26] (all P); of skin [Num 31:20], or wood v[Num 31:20] (P); כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה [Nah 2:10] precious thing, so [Hos 13:15] (figurative), [Jer 25:34] (simile), [2Chr 32:27]; [Dan 11:8], כלי חֲמֻדוֺת [2Chr 20:25] (apparently = ornaments); also כְּלִי אֵיןחֵֿפֶץ בּוֺ [Jer 22:28] (figurative of Coniah, || עֶצֶב נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ), [Hos 8:8] (simile; compare [Jer 48:38] below); specifically of garments (one's 'things'): כְּלִיגֶֿבֶר [Deut 22:5] (|| שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה), so כְּלִיֿ עוֺר [Lev 13:49] (compare מְלֶאכֶת עוֺר v[Lev 13:48]), v[Lev 13:52] v[Lev 13:53] v[Lev 13:57] v[Lev 13:58] v[Lev 13:59] (all P).
2. utensil, implement, apparatus:
\ \ a. implement of hunting and (especially) war, = weapon [Gen 27:3] (J), [1Sam 20:40]; [1Sam 21:9] (גַּם חַרְבִּי וְגַם כֵּלַי), [1Kgs 11:8] = [2Chr 23:7]; [1Kgs 11:11]; [Isa 54:16]; [Isa 54:17]; [Jer 22:7] probably also [Num 35:32], כְּלִי בַּרְזֶל v[Num 35:16], כְּלִי עֵץיָֿד v[Num 35:18] (all P); כְּלֵי חָמָם [Gen 49:5] (poem); כְּלִי מַשְׁחֵתוֺ [Ezek 9:1], מַפָּצוֺ ׳כ v[Ezek 9:2] figurative of God's weapons כְּלֵימָֿוֶת [Ps 7:14] (|| חִצָּיו); זַעְמוֺ ׳כ [Isa 13:5]; [Jer 50:25] of entire equipment of warrior, armour or armament offensive and defensive [1Sam 17:54] (compare v[1Sam 17:5]ff.), [1Sam 21:6] (twice in verse) (see DrSm 139. 293), [1Sam 31:9]; [1Sam 31:10] = [1Chr 10:9]; [1Chr 10:10] hence נשֵֹׁא כֵלִים (כֵּלָיוׅ armour- or weapon-bearer [Judg 9:54]; [1Sam 14:1]; [1Sam 14:6]; [1Sam 14:7]; [1Sam 14:12] (twice in verse); [1Sam 14:13] (twice in verse); [1Sam 14:14]; [1Sam 14:17]; [1Sam 16:21]; [1Sam 31:4] (twice in verse); [1Sam 31:5]; [1Sam 31:6] = [1Chr 10:4] (twice in verse); [1Chr 10:5], [2Sam 18:15]; [2Sam 23:37] = [1Chr 11:39] figurative וְכֵלַי כֵּלָיו רָעִים [Isa 32:7] and a knave, his weapons (i.e. devices, Che 'machinations') are evil; more precisely כְּלֵי מִלְחָמָה [Judg 18:11]; [Judg 18:16]; [Judg 18:17]; [1Sam 8:12]; [2Sam 1:27]; [Deut 1:41]; [Jer 21:4]; [Jer 50:20] (figurative), [Ezek 32:27]; [1Chr 12:34] (van d. H v.[1Chr 12:33]); כְּלֵי צְבָא מִלְחָמָה [1Chr 12:38] (van d. H v.[1Chr 12:37]); כְּלֵי קְרָב [Eccl 9:18] בֵּית כֵּלָיו [2Kgs 20:13] = [Isa 39:2] is perhaps armoury; ׳כ [Ezek 40:42] is sacrificial knife.
\ \ b. instrument of music כְּלֵי (הַ)שִּׁיר [Amos 6:5]; [1Chr 15:16]; [1Chr 16:42]; [2Chr 5:13]; [2Chr 7:6]; [2Chr 23:13]; [2Chr 34:12] כְּלֵי דָוִיד [2Chr 29:26]; [2Chr 29:27], שִֿׁיר דָּוִיד׳כ [Neh 12:36] כְּלִי נֶבֶל [Ps 71:22], נְבָלִים ׳כ [1Chr 16:5] כֵּלִים alone [1Chr 23:5], compare [Num 31:6] (P; כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ); — for בִּכְלֵי עֹז (ליהוהׅ [2Chr 30:21] read בְּכָלעֹֿז (KauAT, compare Be).
\ \ c. implement of labour, tool בַרְזֶל ׳כ [1Kgs 6:7], or of one's calling, pursuit קַחלְֿךָ כְּלִי רֹעֶה אֱוִלִי [Zech 11:15] (otherwise [1Sam 17:40], see 3).
\ \ d. equipment of oxen (yoke, etc.) [2Sam 24:22]; [1Kgs 19:21].
\ \ e. כְּלֵי רִכְכּוֺ [1Sam 8:22] his chariot-equipments. feminine as general term for utensils and furniture of Solomon's palace [1Kgs 10:21] = [2Chr 9:20] especially (very often) of tabernacle [Exod 25:9]; [Exod 25:39]; [Exod 27:3] + (in Hexateuch always P), and temple [1Kgs 7:45]; [1Kgs 7:47]; [1Kgs 7:48]; [2Kgs 12:14] +; of both palace and temple [Jer 27:18]; [Jer 27:19]; [Jer 27:21] combinations are כְּלֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן [Exod 27:19], הַמִּזְבֵּחַ ׳כ [Exod 38:3], יהוה ׳כ [Isa 52:11], ׳בֵית י ׳כ [Jer 27:16]; [Jer 28:3]; [Jer 28:6]; [Ezra 1:7], ׳כְּלֵי חֶמְדַּת בֵּית י [2Chr 36:10], בֵית ׳כ אֱלֹהִים [2Chr 28:24] (twice in verse); [2Chr 36:18]; [Neh 13:9]; [Dan 1:2], הַמִּקְדָּשׁ ׳כ [Neh 10:40] הַשָּׁרֵת ׳כ [Num 4:12] utensil of ministry, עֲבֹדָתָם ׳כ [Num 4:26]; [1Chr 9:28]; [1Chr 28:14] (twice in verse), ׳עֲבוֺדַת בֵּית י ׳כ [1Chr 28:13], מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם ׳כ [Num 4:32] also הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳כ [1Kgs 8:4]; [1Chr 9:29] of appliances of idol-workship [2Kgs 23:4].
3. vessel, receptacle, of various materials and for various purposes [Gen 43:11] (J); [1Sam 9:7]; [Deut 23:25] = sack [Gen 42:25] (E; שַׂק in || clause, compare אַמְתַּחַת v[Gen 42:27]); כְּלִי הָרֹעִים shepherd's bag or wallet [1Sam 17:40], compare v[1Sam 17:49] חֶרֶשׂ ׳כ [Jer 32:14] is earthen-ware receptacle for deed of sale; for liquids [1Kgs 17:10]; [2Kgs 4:3] (twice in verse); [2Kgs 4:4]; [2Kgs 4:6] (3 t. in verse), מַשְׁקֶה ׳כ [1Kgs 10:21] = [2Chr 9:20], כְּלֵי שַׁמְנָהּ [Num 4:9], compare v[Num 4:10] וְלֹא הוּרַק מִכְּלִי אֶלכֶּֿ֑לִי [Jer 48:11] (figurative), compare v[Jer 48:12] (|| נְבָלִים); for cooking [Lev 6:21] (חֶרֶשׂ ׳כ), v.[Lev 6:21] (נְחשֶׁת ׳כ); see also (הַ)יּוֺצֵר [2Sam 17:28]; [Jer 19:11] (simile), [Ps 2:9] (simile), לַצֹּרֵף כֶּ֑לִי [Prov 25:4] ׳כ פָתוּחַ [Num 19:15] an open (uncovered) vessel. טָהוֺר ׳כ [Isa 66:20] a clean vessel; figurative of Eliakim's relatives כְּלֵי הַקָּטָ֑ן מִכְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֺת וְעַד כָּלכְּֿלֵי הַנְּבָלִים [Isa 22:24] the vessels of smallness (DaSynt. § 32, R. 5), from the basin-vessels to all the pitcher-vessels.
4. specifically כְּלֵיגֹֿמֶא [Isa 18:2] vessels (boats) of paper-reed.
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