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klh, kltˀ (kellā, kelləṯā) n.f. veil; curtain
1
veil
Syr, Man
(1)
linen drape for the body
Syr
AthanSyr1 78:26 ܠܦܓܪܐ ܕܝܢ ܟܪܟ ܝܘܣܦ ܒܟܠܬܐ‏ : Joseph wrapped the body in a linen drape ; PrHex 31:24 ܟ̈ܠܠܐ ܥ݂ܒܕܬ݂݁ ܘܙܒ݁ܢܐܬ݁‏ : [LXX: σινδόνας ἐποίησεν καὶ ἀπέδοτο]
2
curtain, canopy or enclosure
Gal, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
JSB1 380:13↗ ܟܸܠ̈ܠܹܐ ܕܢܘܗܪܐ ܩܕܡܘ ܠܗ‏ : canopies of light preceded him ; JulSok 465(229):5↗ ܢܩܫܘ ܠܗ ܟܠܬܐ‏ : Cf. here the extensive description of a (temporary) royal pavilion consisting of a canopy of linen and purple hung from columns decorated in gold and silver and topped with a magnificent cross ; BT BM 96b(35)↗ לאו לאוקמה בכילתא שאלתה‏ : I did not borrow it [i.e. the animal] to put it in an enclosure ; BT San 29b(5)↗ ההוא דאכמין עדים לחבריה בכילתא‏ : a certain person who concealed witnesses against another in a curtained-off area ; TgJob15:32↗ עד לא יומיה תתמלי סיבתיה וכילתיה לא תהי גנונא‏ : his life (lit. his old age) shall be finished before its time and his canopy shall not be a bridal-canopy
(1)
insect net
Syr, JBA
BT Ber 24a(5)↗ רב פפא צייר ליה בכילתיה‏ : PN used to tie them [i.e. his phylacteries] in his insect net
(2)
sedan chair
Syr
Judith 10:21↗ ܘܐܠܦܪܢܐ ܪܡܐ ܗܘܐ ܘܢܝܚ ܒܥܪܣܗ ܒܓܘ ܟܠܬܗ‏ : Holophernes was lying resting on his bed inside his sedan chair
(3)
elliptical for the wedding ceremony (compare ḥwph n.f.)
LJLA
TgJob15:32↗ וכילתיה לא תהי גנינא‏ : his marriage ceremony will not have a proper canopy ; Tobit(Med) 13.16 chap 9↗ וזמין יתיה לכילתי‏ : invite him to my wedding †
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JPA, JBA: כילתא ; pl. ܟܸ̈ܠܠܸܐ‏
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