Definition

a pen (for flocks)

Etymology

or מִכְלָה; from H3607 (כָּלָא);

Where the KJV renders it

• (sheep-)fold. Compare H4357 (מִכְלָה)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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