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kelev כֶּ֫לֶב ‘dog’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to yelp, or else to attack

kelev n, m
1) dog
 1a) dog (literal)
 1b) contempt or abasement (fig.)
 1c) of pagan sacrifice
 1d) of male cult prostitute (fig.)

Mentioned in Exodus 11:7, 22:30 Deuteronomy 23:19 Judges 7:5 1 Samuel 24:15, 17:43 2 Samuel 3:8, 16:9, 9:8 1 Kings 21:24, 21:23, 14:11, 16:4, 21:19, 22:38 2 Kings 9:10, 9:36, 8:13 Isaiah 56:10, 66:3, 56:11 Jeremiah 15:3 Psalms 68:24, 59:7, 59:15, 22:21, 22:17 Proverbs 26:11, 26:17 Job 30:1 Ecclesiastes 9:4

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