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key term

dog

Originalכֶּלֶב
Transliterationkeleb
Strong'sH3611
Languagehebrew
Domainmammals; domestic animals

relatively small light brown domestic animal, feeding on anything from household refuse to animal carcasses and excreta; Canis familiaris putiatini; extremely unclean animal and not to be eaten, though used for hunting and for watching sheep; associated with all sorts of uncleanness, aggression, greediness, low status; used as derogatory term for male shrine prostitutes

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dog.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/dog

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