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# כִּלָּיוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3631

**failing** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

failing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3631/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כִּלָּיוֹן: n.m. failing, pining; annihilation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3631/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1. failing, pining; 2. annihilation (on format. cf. LagBN 200);— cstr. כִּלְיוֹן עֵינַיִם Dt 28:65 failing of eyes (in longing, cf. foregoing, and v. Dr). כִּלָּיוֹן חָרוּץ Is 10:22 annihilation, strictly decided.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: annihilation (1); failing (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 10:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.22/#tree)

כִּ֣י אִם־יִהְיֶ֞ה עַמְּךָ֤ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כְּח֣וֹל הַיָּ֔ם שְׁאָ֖ר יָשׁ֣וּב בּ֑וֹ כִּלָּי֥וֹן חָר֖וּץ שׁוֹטֵ֥ף צְדָקָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) though it.will.be people your Israel like the.sand of the.sea a.remnant it.will.return in it annihilation \[is\].determined \[is\].about.to.overflow righteousness

*JPS 1917:* For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return; an extermination is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

[Deuteronomy 28:65](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.65/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.65/#tree)

וּבַגּוֹיִ֤ם הָהֵם֙ לֹ֣א תַרְגִּ֔יעַ וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה מָנ֖וֹחַ לְכַף־רַגְלֶ֑ךָ וְנָתַן֩ יְהוָ֨ה לְךָ֥ שָׁם֙ לֵ֣ב רַגָּ֔ז וְכִלְי֥וֹן עֵינַ֖יִם וְדַֽאֲב֥וֹן נָֽפֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and among the nations (the) those not you.will.rest and not it.will.belong a.resting.place to the.sole your.foot your and he.will.give Yahweh to you there a.heart trembling and failing of.eyes and despair of.being

*JPS 1917:* And among these nations shalt thou have no repose, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot; but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and languishing of soul.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3631/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).