3615. kalah
Lexical Summary
kalah: to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent
Original Word: כָּלָה
Transliteration: kalah
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-law')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent
Meaning: to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent
Strong's Concordance
accomplish, cease, consume away, determine, destroy utterly

A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume) -- accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... Were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3615. kalah

I. כָּלָה206 verb be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el; Phoenician כלה‎; Assyrian kalû, put and end to, and cease, vanish DlHWB 329; late Aramaic כְּלָאcease, perish (not ᵑ7‎); on root-meaning enclose compare כלא‎ and BaZMG 1887, 605) —

Qal. Perfect ׳כ1 Kings 6:38 +; 3 feminine singular כָּֽלְתָה1 Samuel 20:7 +; 1 singular כָּלִיתִיPsalm 39:11; 3plural כָּלוּJob 19:27 +; 2 masculine plural כְּלִיתֶםMalachi 3:6; וּכְלִיתֶם‎ consecutive Ezekiel 13:14; 1plural כָּלִינוּPsalm 90:7, etc.; Imperfect יִכְלֶהProverbs 22:8; jussive יִ֫כֶלJob 33:21 (see Dr§ 171-173 Ges§ 109. 2 b Anm. DaSynt. § 51 R. 5; 64 R. 6); 3 feminine singular תִּכְלָה1 Kings 17:14; וַתֵּ֫כֶלExodus 39:32 + 2 Samuel 13:39 (see below); 3 masculine plural יִכְלוּIsaiah 1:28 +, יִכְלָי֑וּן31:3, etc.; Infinitive construct כְּלוֺתRuth 2:23 +, etc.; —

1. a. be complete, at an end, of a period of time Genesis 41:53 (E; opposed to III. חלל‎ Hiph`il begin 41:54), Jeremiah 8:20 ("" עבר‎); so of action or event, with emphasis on time Isaiah 10:25; 24:13; Ruth 2:23; 2 Chronicles 29:28 (opposed to הֵחֵל29:27), 29:34; Daniel 12:7 ("" קֵץ12:6; 12:9); — see also 2b below

b. be completed, finished, of a work: temple 1 Kings 6:38; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 8:16 ("" שָׁלֵם‎), tabernacle Exodus 39:32 (P).

c. be accomplished, fulfilled, only of purposed wrath, or predicition of ׳י‎, Ezekiel 5:13 ("" כַּלּוֺתִי‎ vb, see Pi`el), Daniel 11:36; 2 Chronicles 36:22 = Ezra 1:1.

d. be ideally complete, be determined, always in bad sense, plotted, subject הָרָעָה‎: followed by מֵעִם‎ of agent 1 Samuel 20:7, also 20:9 (+עַל לָבוֺא‎), + 20:33 (read כָּֽלְתָה‎, for ᵐ5 הִיא, כָּלָה ᵑ0‎ We Dr Kit Bu); ׳כ וְעַלכָּֿלבֵּֿיתוֺ אֶלאֲֿדֹנֵינוּ הָרָעָה25:17; followed by מֵאֵת‎ of agent Esther 7:7 (+ אֵלָיו‎).

2. a. be spent, used up (properly come to an end), of water Genesis 21:15 (E), meal 1 Kings 17:14, 16.

b. waste away, be exhausted, fail, literally of fading grass Isaiah 15:6 ("" היה לֹא יָבֵשׁ,‎), of vintage 32:10 (opposed to בּוֺא‎), of vanishing cloud Job 7:9 (in simile, "" הלך‎); figurative of fleeting days of life 7:6 ("" קלל‎), compare Psalm 102:4 and חַיַּי בְיָגוֺן כָּלוּ31:11; Jeremiah 20:18; see also 1a above; of flesh Job 33:21, compare of vital strength Psalm 71:9, וּשְׁאֵר בָּשָׂרProverbs 5:11, וּלְבָבִי שְׁאֵרִי ׳כPsalm 73:26, subject רוּחִי143:7; once of ׳י‎s compassion רַחֲמָיו לֹאכָֿלוּLamentations 3:32 ("" תמם‎, on text see VB); especially of eyes exhausted by weeping 2:11, strained by looking (figurative) for relief or refreshment, pine, languish 4:17; Psalm 69:4; Job 11:20; 17:5; Jeremiah 14:6 (of wild asses); followed by לְLamentations 4:17 and, in spiritual sense, Psalm 119:82; 119:123; similarly (followed by לְ‎) of נפשׁ‎ exhausted by longing 84:3 ("" נכסף‎), 119:81, בְּחֵקִי כִלְֹיתַי כָּלוּJob 19:27; so also 2 Samuel 13:29 where read הַמֶּלֶךְ רוּחַ וַתֵּכֶל‎ (for הַמּ דָּוִד ׳וַתְּכַל ᵑ0‎) and the spirit of the king pined to go forth unto Absalom, compare ᵐ5L We Klo Dr Kit Bu.

c. come to an end, vanish = perish, be destroyed, by ׳י‎s judgment Isaiah 1:28 ("" שֶׁבֶר‎), 16:4 ("" תָּמַם אָפֵס,‎), 29:20 ("" נִכְרַת אָפֵס,‎), 31:3 ("" נפל כשׁל,‎), יִכְלוּ וּבָרָעָב וּבַחֶרֶבJeremiah 16:4, compare 44:27 ("" תָּמַם‎), Ezekiel 5:12 ("" נָפַל מוּת,‎), 13:14; Malachi 3:6; Psalm 37:20 (twice in verse); ("" אבד‎), Job 4:9 ("" id.), Psalm 71:13 ("" בּוֺשׁ‎); hyperbole, of severe discipline 39:11; 90:7 ("" נבהל‎); of prosperity of a people Isaiah 21:16; יִכְלֶה עֶבְרָתוֺ שֵׁבֶטProverbs 22:8 the rod of his wrath perishes (> Ew and others is accomplished, of God's wrath). — Daniel 12:7 read perhaps קֹדֶשׁ עַם נֹפֵץ יַד וְכִכְלוֺתand when the power of the shatterer of the holy people should come to an end, so Bev after ᵐ5‎ (for difficult יַדעַֿםקֹֿדֶשׁ נַמֵּץ וּכְכַלּוֺת ᵑ0‎) .

Pi`el140 Perfect כִּלָּהGenesis 18:33 +, כִּלָּאProverbs 16:30 Baer (van d. H כִּלָּה‎), suffix כִּלָּנוּ2 Samuel 21:5, כִּלָּםLamentations 2:22; 3feminine singular וְכִלְּתָה‎ consecutive Hosea 11:6, suffix וְכִ֫לַּתּוּ‎ consecutive Zechariah 5:4; 1singular כִּלִּיתִיNumbers 25:11, כִּלֵּיתִיIsaiah 49:4, וְכִלֵּיתִ֫יEzekiel 6:12 2t.; suffix כִּלִּיתִים22:31, וְכִלִּיתִיךָ‎ consecutive Exodus 33:5; 3plural כִּלּוּGenesis 24:19 +, etc.; Imperfect יְכַלֶּהIsaiah 10:18; וַיְכַלGenesis 2:2-3;feminine singular וַתְּכַל24:19 + 2 Samuel 13:39 (but read וַתֵּכֶל‎ We Dr and others, and see Qal 2 b); 1 singular אֲכַלֶּהGenesis 24:25 4t.; וָאֲכַלEzekiel 43:8; suffix אֲכֶלְךָExodus 33:3 (Köi. 545); 3 masculine plural יְכַלּוּJob 36:11 + 21:13 Qr (Kt יבלי‎; see בלה‎ above), +, etc.; Imperative כַּלֵּהPsalm 59:14 (twice in verse) + 74:11 (but text dubious, see below,

2); masculine plural כַּלּוּExodus 5:13; Infinitive absolute כַּלֵּה1 Samuel 3:12 5t.; construct לְכַלֵּאDaniel 9:24 (metaplastic form), כַּלּוֺת1 Samuel 2:33 +, etc.; Participle מְכַלֵּהJeremiah 14:12; Job 9:22; feminine plural מְכַלּוֺתLeviticus 26:16; — 1

a. complete, bring to an end, finish a thing, task, work, etc., with accusative of thing Exodus 5:13-14, (+ infinitive; both J), 1 Kings 6:9, 14; 7:1; Ezekiel 42:15; Genesis 2:2; 16:16; Exodus 40:33 (P), Ruth 2:21; 2 Chronicles 31:1; 7:11; Ezra 9:1, so הַמֶּשַׁע לְכַלֵּאDaniel 9:24 to make an end of the transgression (compare VB Bev); Leviticus 23:22 (modified from 19:9 q.see below); accusative omitted 2 Chronicles 31:7 (opposed to לְ הֵחֵל‎), 24:10, 14; Nehemiah 3:34.

b. complete a period of time יָמִיםEzekiel 4:6, 8; complete one's days, enjoy the full measure of human life Job 21:13; 36:11, or bring one's years to an end Psalm 90:9, with added idea of transitoriness.

c. finish doing a thing, usually followed by ל‎ infinitive Genesis 18:33; 24:15, 19 (twice in verse); 24:22 (all J), 17:22; Exodus 31:18; Numbers 4:15 (all P), Amos 7:2; 1 Kings 1:41; 2 Chronicles 29:29; Ruth 3:3 31t. including 2 Samuel 11:19, where object of infin. precedes it, see Dr, so Leviticus 19:9 (compare 23:22 above); + 1 Chronicles 27:24 (לְ‎ infinitive omitted; opposed to לְ הֵחֵל‎), 2 Chronicles 29:17; + Daniel 12:7 (infinitive without לְ‎; but see Qal 2 c near the end); followed by מִן‎ infinitive, 1 Samuel 10:13; 2 Samuel 6:18 = 1 Chronicles 16:2; Exodus 34:33; Leviticus 16:20; Joshua 19:51 (all P), Ezekiel 43:23.

d. make an end, end, followed by בְּmake an end with, finish dealing with 2 Chronicles 20:23; Ezra 10:17; absolute, opposed to כִּלָּה וּבַקָּטֹן הֵחֵל בַּגָּדוֺל הֵחֵל,Genesis 44:12 (J) he began with the eldest and with the youngest he ended; so infinitive absolute adverb. וְכַלֵּה הָחֵל1 Samuel 3:12 a beginning and an ending, i.e. doing it thoroughly (see Dr); also עַדכַּֿלֵּה‎ = utterly 2 Kings 13:17, 19, to extremity Ezra 9:14 (of ׳י‎s anger), עַדלְֿכַלֵּה‎ (late) = completely2 Chronicles 24:10 (until all had given), 31:1 (until all were destroyed).

e. accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass, a thing Ruth 3:18; with accusative of ׳י‎s wrath (חֲמָתוֺ‎) Lamentations 4:11; so (אַמִּי חֲמָתִי,‎) + ב‎ person Ezekiel 5:13; 6:12; 7:8; 13:15; 20:8, 21.

f. accomplish in thought, determine (compare Qal 1 d) followed by רָעָהProverbs 16:30 ("" חשׁב‎).

2. a. put an end to, cause to cease Numbers 17:25 (+ מֵעָלַי‎); יְמֵיהֶם וַיְכַלבַּֿהֶבֶלPsalm 78:33 and he consumed (caused to vanish) as vanity their days.

b. cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend, אֲכַלֶּהבָּֿם חִצַּיDeuteronomy 32:23 my arrows will I exhaust against them; exhaust one's strength כֹּחַIsaiah 49:4 ("" יָגַע‎); the eyes (by weeping; compare Qal 2 b) 1 Samuel 2:33; Job 31:16; of a disease, consume the eyes Leviticus 26:16 (H).

c. destroy, sometimes exterminate: (1) men subject, with accusative of person 2 Samuel 21:5; 22:39 ("" מחץ‎), Deuteronomy 7:22; 2 Chronicles 8:8; Jeremiah 10:25 ("" אכל‎), Lamentations 2:22; Psalm 119:87; especially in phrase כַּלּוֺתָם עַד1 Samuel 15:18 (on text see Dr), 2 Samuel 22:38 ("" השׁמיד‎) = Psalm 18:38, 1 Kings 22:11 2 Chronicles 18:10; (2) God subject, with accusative of person Joshua 24:20 (E), Isaiah 10:18 (Assyrian host, under figure of forest); Jeremiah 5:3; Exodus 32:10; 33:3, 5 (JE), Numbers 16:21; 17:10; 25:11 (all P), Leviticus 26:44 (H), Ezekiel 20:13; 22:31; 43:8; Job 9:22; אֹתְךָ כַּלֹּתוֺ עַדDeuteronomy 28:21, אוֺתָם כַּלּוֺתִי עַדJeremiah 9:15; 49:37; absolute Psalm 59:14 (twice in verse); so also (si vera lectio) 74:11 (see VB; Bi Che תִּכְלָא חֵקְךָ בְּקֶרֶב‎ and thy right hand (why) keepest thou in thy bosom); accusative + ב‎ instrumental Jeremiah 14:12 (by sword, famine, and pestilence); sometimes the instrument of ׳י‎s judgment becomes grammatical subject; subject הַחֶרֶבHosea 11:6 (object בַּדָּיו‎, of city; "" אכל‎), subject עֵגֶלIsaiah 27:10 (object סְעִפֶֿיהָ‎; "" רָעָה‎), subject flying roll Zechariah 5:4 (object house).

Pu`al Perfect3plural כָּלּוּPsalm 72:20 be finished, ended; Imperfect3masculine plural וַיְכֻלּוּGenesis 2:1 be completed (P).








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