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H3639 כְּלִמָּה (kᵉlimmâh) kel-im-maw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 3637; disgrace

KJV Usage: confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כְּלִמָּה (ke.lim.mah) — shame. 1) disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy 1a) insult, reproach 1b) reproach, ignominy

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · כלם

Shame | ≈ אִוֶּלֶת · בֹּשֶׁת · חֶרְפָּה · כָזָב · רִיק · רָעָה | ≠ כָּבֹוד · שִׂמְחָה

shame, dishonour, disgrace = state in which humans experience a feeling of shame, as a result of their own actions or because of what other have done

JOB 20:3 · PSA 4:3 · PSA 35:26 · PSA 44:16 · PSA 69:8 · PSA 69:20 · PSA 71:13 · PSA 109:29 · PRO 18:13 · ISA 30:3 · ISA 45:16 · ISA 61:7 · JER 3:25 · JER 20:11 · JER 51:51 · EZK 16:52 · EZK 16:52 · EZK 16:54 · EZK 16:63 · EZK 32:24 · EZK 32:25 · EZK 32:30 · EZK 39:26 · EZK 44:13

Shame

disgrace = causative action by which humans cause other humans to experience a feeling of shame

ISA 50:6 · EZK 34:29 · EZK 36:6 · EZK 36:7 · EZK 36:15 · MIC 2:6

1 EZK 39:26 NJPS "bear the shame" | NRSV NIV REB NJB GNT "forget the shame"

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כְּלִמָּה n.f. insult, reproach, ignominy base

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