כלוב

The word has cognates in multiple Semitic languages Classical Syriac ܟܘܠܒܫܐ‎ (kalbāšā), Arabic كَلْبِشْ‎ (kalbiš), and Tigrinya [script needed] (karba) and Amharic [script needed] (karabō) with metathesis of the consonant /ɹ/ and /l/. Which are likely related to Ancient Greek κλωβός (klōbós, “birdhouse”). Compare with Old Armenian կողով (kołov).

כְּלוּב • (kluv) m (plural indefinite כְּלוּבִים‎, singular construct כְּלוּב־, plural construct כְּלוּבֵי־‎)

1. cage
   • Jeremiah 5:27, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     ‏כִּכְלוּב מָלֵא עוֹף כֵּן בָּתֵּיהֶם מְלֵאִים מִרְמָה עַל כֵּן גָּדְלוּ וַיַּעֲשִׁירוּ.‎‎

     Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich;

2. pen: enclosed area for animals.
3. (archaic) busket
   • Amos 8:2, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     ‏וַיֹּאמֶר מָה אַתָּה רֹאֶה עָמוֹס וָאֹמַר כְּלוּב קָיִץ‎

     And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”

• (basket): סַל‎ (sal)