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# קְלָלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7045

**curse** — used 33 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

curse [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7045/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קְלָלָה: n.f. curse [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7045/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. curse;—abs. ק׳ Gn 27:12 +; cstr. קִלְלַת Ju 9:57 +; sf. קִלְלָֽתְךָ Gn 27:13, קִלְלָתוֹ 2 S 16:12 (van d. H. Kt קללתי, so We Dr Löhr); pl. קְלָלוֹת Dt 28:15, 45;—curse, Gn 27:12, 13 (J); often opp. בְּרָכָה, Dt 11:26, 28; 23:6 = Ne 13:2, + 8 times Dt., Jos 8:34 (D), Ju 9:57 ψ 109:17, 18 Pr 27:14; קִלְלַת חִנָּם Pr 26:2 a groundless curse, cf. 2 S 16:12; קְלָלָה נִמְרֶצֶת 1 K 2:8 a grievous curse; = a formula of cursing Je 29:22; = object of curse, קִלְלַת אֱלֹהִים תָּלוּי Dt 21:23, שַׁמָּה וּקְלָלָה 2 K 22:19, cf. Je 24:9; 25:18 + 6 times Je, Zc 8:13.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: curse (17); a curse (12); curses (2).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 11:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.11.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.11.26/#tree)

רְאֵ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* see I \[am\].setting before you this day a.blessing and a.curse

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

[Proverbs 27:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.14/#tree)

מְבָ֘רֵ֤ךְ רֵעֵ֨הוּ ׀ בְּק֣וֹל גָּ֭דוֹל בַּבֹּ֣קֶר הַשְׁכֵּ֑ים קְ֝לָלָ֗ה תֵּחָ֥שֶׁב לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].blesses neighbor his with a.voice great in the morning rising.early a.curse it.is.reckoned to him

*JPS 1917:* He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7045.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7045/): 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).