כליה

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

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kilˈjɔː/ [kʰilˈjɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kilˈjɔ/ [kʰilˈjɔː]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kilˈja/

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

1. 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.

2. (Biblical Hebrew, figuratively) 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.

The stem for the plural forms differs from that of the singular, as the expected plural form would be *כִּלְיוֹת.

• H3629 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• כליה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he