כְּלִמָּה

n.f. insult, reproach, ignominy;—abs. כ׳ Is 45:16 + 9 times cstr. כְּלִמַּת Je 20:11 + 3 times; sf. כְּלִמָּתִי Jb 20:3 + 3 times, etc.; pl. כְּלִמּוֹת Mi 2:6; Is 50:6;— specif., insult, reproach, לֹא יִסַּג כ׳ Mi 2:6 reproaches do not cease; מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי Jb 20:3 = my beshaming (insulting) correction, i.e. the correction which insults me. in gen., reproach, ignominy, opp. כָּבוֹד ψ 4:3; הלך בַּכּ׳ Is 45:16 go into ignominy (+ בּוֹשׁ, נִכְלַם); often ‖ בֹּשֶׁת Is 30:3; 61:7 ψ 44:16, subj. of כִּסָּה Je 3:25 our ignominy covereth us, so under fig. of garment, after לָבַשׁ ψ 35:26 (+ בושׁ, חפר in v a), 109:29; ‖ חֶרְפָּה ψ 69:8 (subj. of כִּסְּתָה פָּנָ֑י), Je 51:51 (id.; בושׁ in ‖ cl.), ψ 71:13 (+ בושׁ in ‖ cl.); ‖ בֹּשֶׁת + חֶרְפָּה 69:20; ‖ אִוֶּלֶת Pr 18:13; ‖ רֹק Is 50:6; כ׳ עוֹלָם Je 20:11 (בושׁ in ‖ cl.); כְּלִמָּתֵךְ Ez 16:63 (id. ‖); often in Ezek. נשׂא כ׳ bear ignominy, Ez 16:52(×2), (‖ בושׁ), v 54 (נִכְלַם in ‖ cl.); 32:24, 25, 30 (all + אֶת־יוֹרְדֵי בוֹר with those who go down to the pit; ref. to ignominious death), 36:7; 39:26 (si vera l. = bear the humiliating sense of undeserved kindness from י׳; but txt. dub., Hi Co, q.v., [כ׳] נשׁו; Sm Da defend); נשׂא כְּלִמַּת הַגּוֹיִם, i.e. caused by the nations, 34:29; 36:6, also v 15 (‖ חֶרְפַּת עַמִּים), prob. also ψ 89:51 (read כְּלִמַּת, cf. VB Che Bae); וְנ׳ כְּלִמָּתָם וְתוֹעֲבוֹתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ Ez 44:13.