כְּלִמָּה

Job 20:3 כְּלִמָּתִ֣י insult my

I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

Psalm 4:2 לִ֭כְלִמָּה [become] <into> ignominy

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

Here: "Into humiliation." The clause has no verb: "my honor into disgrace!" It pictures honor being turned into public insult, the opposite of honor in a shame-sensitive society.

Psalm 35:26 וּכְלִמָּ֑ה and ignominy

May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Here: 'And humiliation': public insult and loss of standing, the kind of degradation that is done to a person in front of others.

Psalm 44:15 כְּלִמָּתִ֣י ignominy my

All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

Psalm 69:7 כְלִמָּ֣ה ignominy

For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.

Here: Public humiliation, the state of being disgraced in other people's eyes. It picks up the verb from verse 6 ("may they not be *disgraced*, yikkālmû, through me"). He has already received the disgrace he prays others will be spared.

Psalm 69:19 וּכְלִמָּתִ֑י and ignominy my

You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

Here: 'And my humiliation' means being insulted and made to lose face. It is often paired with bosheth. The third term in a row piles up the weight of his disgrace.

Psalm 71:13 וּכְלִמָּ֑ה and ignominy

May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

Here: 'And humiliation.' Paired with herpah, the two together mean being publicly disgraced: being made to look small in front of the community.

Psalm 109:29 כְּלִמָּ֑ה ignominy

May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

Here: Public humiliation: being insulted, exposed and made small in front of others. This is what the accusers are to put on as clothing.

Proverbs 18:13 וּכְלִמָּֽה׃ and ignominy

He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.

Here: 'And disgrace': being publicly humiliated and losing standing in front of others. It comes last, so the proverb ends on what the hasty answer costs him socially.

Isaiah 30:3 לִכְלִמָּֽה׃ <into> ignominy

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

Isaiah 45:16 בַכְּלִמָּ֔ה in <the> ignominy

They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.

Here: 'In the disgrace.' The noun comes from the same root as nikhlemu. Disgrace is the setting they move in, almost like clothing or a road. The definite article ('the disgrace') marks it as the disgrace they had coming.

Isaiah 50:6 מִכְּלִמּ֖וֹת from insults

I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

Here: 'From humiliations.' The plural points to repeated acts of public insult. These are things done to a person to lower his standing, not an inner feeling of embarrassment. The same root comes back in v. 7: 'I have not been disgraced' (lōʾ niklāmtî).

Isaiah 61:7 וּכְלִמָּ֖ה and ignominy

Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

Here: "And disgrace." This is humiliation done to someone, such as being insulted or jeered at. It is the usual partner of 'shame' in Hebrew poetry. Most readers take 'instead of' from the first line to apply here too: "(instead of) disgrace".

Jeremiah 3:25 כְּלִמָּתֵנוּ֒ disgrace our

Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

Here: Humiliation in front of others, the insult of being exposed and lowered. It is the usual partner word to boshet. Together the two say 'total disgrace'.

Jeremiah 20:11 כְּלִמַּ֥ת ignominy of

But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.

Here: Insult and public humiliation: being exposed and losing face. It is joined to the next word: "a disgrace of long duration".

Jeremiah 51:51 כְלִמָּ֖ה ignominy

“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”

Here: The disgrace of being insulted and degraded. It is the grammatical subject: disgrace itself does the covering.

Ezekiel 16:52 כְלִמָּתֵ֗ךְ כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְ disgrace your

So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.

Here: 'Your disgrace', the public loss of standing that belongs to her and no one else. It is the load she is ordered to carry.

Ezekiel 16:54 כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְ disgrace your

So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

Here: 'Your disgrace': public humiliation and loss of standing. It is something done to you and seen by others, not only something felt inside.

Ezekiel 16:63 כְּלִמָּתֵ֑ךְ disgrace your

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

Here: 'Your disgrace': the public humiliation her conduct earned. Ezekiel uses the word repeatedly in this chapter (vv. 52, 54, 63).

Ezekiel 32:24 כְלִמָּתָ֖ם disgrace their

Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.

Here: 'Their disgrace.' This is public dishonour, a loss of standing in other people's eyes, not mainly an inner feeling.

Ezekiel 32:25 כְלִמָּתָם֙ disgrace their

Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

Ezekiel 32:30 כְלִמָּתָ֖ם disgrace their

All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

Ezekiel 34:29 כְּלִמַּ֥ת [the] insult of

And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.

Here: Public humiliation: the taunts and contempt that leave someone disgraced in front of others. This is about social standing, not private guilt feelings.

Ezekiel 36:6 כְּלִמַּ֥ת [the] insult[s] of

Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

Ezekiel 36:7 כְּלִמָּתָ֥ם insult[s] their

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

Ezekiel 36:15 כְּלִמַּ֣ת [the] insult[s] of

I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 39:26 כְּלִמָּתָ֔ם disgrace their

They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.

Here: 'Their disgrace.' This is public humiliation, the loss of face that comes with being exposed and insulted. Here it is tied to what Israel itself did, not only to the taunts of other nations.

Ezekiel 44:13 כְּלִמָּתָ֔ם disgrace their

They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.

Here: Their public humiliation, the loss of standing everyone can see. This is mainly an outward condition of lowered status, not just a private feeling.

Micah 2:6 כְּלִמּֽוֹת׃ ignomini[es]

“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

Here: Plural: repeated or many-sided public humiliations. In this context that means losing land and status and being mocked by others (2:4 has the taunt-song).