כליה

Hebrew edit

Root
כ־ל־ה (k-l-h)

Compare Arabic كُلْيَة (kulya, “kidney”), كُلْوَة (kulwa, “kidney”).

כִּלְיָה • (kilyá) f (plural indefinite כְּלָיוֹת, singular construct כִּלְיַת־, plural construct כִּלְיוֹת־) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

kidney
- Tanach, Leviticus 3:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וְאֵת שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵהֶן אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַכְּסָלִים וְאֶת־הַיֹּתֶרֶת עַל־הַכָּבֵד עַל־הַכְּלָיֹת יְסִירֶנָּה׃
  ve-et shtei ha-klayót ve-et ha-ḥélev ashér 'aleihén ashér 'al ha-ksalím ve-et hayotéret 'al ha-kavéd 'al ha-klayót y'sirénnah.
  and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away by the kidneys.
(figurative) seat of emotion, conscience
- Tanach, Psalms 26:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  בְּחָנֵנִי יְהוָה וְנַסֵּנִי צרופה [צָרְפָה] כִלְיוֹתַי וְלִבִּי׃
  B'ḥanéini, YHWH, v-nasséini; tzar'fá khliyotái v-libbí.
  Examine me, O Lord, and try me; test my reins and my heart.

Declension of כִּלְיָה