I. כָּלָה 206 verb be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent (Late Hebrew
id., Pi.; Phoenician
כלה; Assyrian
kalû,
put an end to, and
cease, vanish Dl
HWB 329; late Aramaic
כְּלָא cease, perish (not
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); on root-meaning
enclose compare
כלא and Ba
ZMG 1887, 605) —
†
Qal. Perfect כ׳ 1 Kings 6:38 +;
3rd person feminine singular כָּֽלְתָה 1 Samuel 20:7 +;
1st person singular כָּלִיתִי Psalm 39:11;
3rd person plural כָּלוּ Job 19:27 +;
2nd person masculine plural כְּלִיתֶם Malachi 3:6;
וּכְלִיתֶם consecutive
Ezekiel 13:14;
1st person plural כָּלִינוּ Psalm 90:7, etc.;
Imperfect יִכְלֶה Proverbs 22:8; jussive
יִ֫כֶל Job 33:21 (see Dr
§ 171-173 Ges
§ 109. 2 b Anm. Da
Synt. § 51 R. 5; 64 R. 6);
3rd person feminine singular תִּכְלָה 1 Kings 17:14;
וַתֵּ֫כֶל Exodus 39:32 +
2 Samuel 13:39 (see below);
3rd person masculine plural יִכְלוּ Isaiah 1:28 +,
יִכְלָי֑וּן Isaiah 31:3, etc.;
Infinitive construct כְּלוֺת Ruth 2:23 +, etc.; —
1.
d. be ideally complete,
be determined, always in bad sense,
plotted, subject
הָרָעָה : followed by
מֵעִם of agent
1 Samuel 20:7, also
1 Samuel 20:9 (+
לָבוֺא עַל), +
1 Samuel 20:33 (read
כָּֽלְתָה, for MT
כָּלָה הִיא,
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We Dr Kit Bu);
הָרָעָה אֶלאֲֿדֹנֵינוּ וְעַלכָּֿלבֵּֿיתוֺ כ׳ 1 Samuel 25:17; followed by
מֵאֵת of agent
Esther 7:7 (+
אֵלָיו).
2.
b. waste away, be exhausted, fail, literally of fading grass
Isaiah 15:6 (||
יָבֵשׁ,
לֹא היה), of vintage
Isaiah 32:10 (opposed to
בּוֺא), of vanishing cloud
Job 7:9 (in simile, ||
הלך); figurative of fleeting days of life
Job 7:6 (||
קלל), compare
Psalm 102:4 and
כָּלוּ בְיָגוֺן חַיַּי Psalm 31:11;
Jeremiah 20:18; see also
1 a above; of flesh
Job 33:21, compare of vital strength
Psalm 71:9,
בָּשָׂר וּשְׁאֵר Proverbs 5:11,
כ׳ שְׁאֵרִי וּלְבָבִי Psalm 73:26, subject
רוּחִי Psalm 143:7; once of
י׳'s compassion
לֹאכָֿלוּ רַחֲמָיו Lamentations 3:32 (||
תמם, on text see VB); especially of eyes exhausted by weeping
Lamentations 2:11, strained by looking (figurative) for relief or refreshment,
pine, languish Lamentations 4:17;
Psalm 69:4;
Job 11:20;
Job 17:5;
Jeremiah 14:6 (of wild asses); followed by
לְ Lamentations 4:17 and, in spiritual sense,
Psalm 119:82;
Psalm 119:123; similarly (followed by
לְ) of
נפשׁ exhausted by
longing Psalm 84:3 (||
נכסף),
Psalm 119:81,
כָּלוּ כִלְֹיתַי בְּחֵקִי Job 19:27; so also
2 Samuel 13:29 where read
וַתֵּכֶל רוּחַ הַמֶּלֶךְ (for MT
וַתְּכַל דָּוִד הַמּ׳)
and the spirit of the king pined to go forth unto Absalom, compare
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We Klo Dr Kit Bu.
c. come to an end, vanish =
perish, be destroyed, by
י׳'s judgment
Isaiah 1:28 (||
שֶׁבֶר),
Isaiah 16:4 (||
אָפֵס,
תָּמַם),
Isaiah 29:20 (||
אָפֵס,
נִכְרַת),
Isaiah 31:3 (||
כשׁל,
נפל),
וּבַחֶרֶב וּבָרָעָב יִכְלוּ Jeremiah 16:4, compare
Jeremiah 44:27 (||
תָּמַם),
Ezekiel 5:12 (||
מוּת,
נָפַל),
Ezekiel 13:14;
Malachi 3:6;
Psalm 37:20 (twice in verse); (||
אבד),
Job 4:9 (||
id.),
Psalm 71:13 (||
בּוֺשׁ); hyperbole, of severe discipline
Psalm 39:11;
Psalm 90:7 (||
נבהל); of prosperity of a people
Isaiah 21:16;
שֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֺ יִכְלֶה Proverbs 22:8 the rod of his wrath perishes (> Ew and others
is accomplished, of God's wrath). —
Daniel 12:7 read perhaps
וְכִכְלוֺת יַד נֹפֵץ עַם קֹדֶשׁ and when the power of the shatterer of the holy people should come to an end, so Bev after
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(for difficult MT
יַד־עַםַקֹדֶשׁ נַפֵּץ וּכְכַלּוֹת).†
Pi.140 Perfect כִּלָּה Genesis 18:33 +,
כִּלָּא Proverbs 16:30 Baer (van d. H
כִּלָּה), suffix
כִּלָּנוּ 2 Samuel 21:5,
כִּלָּם Lamentations 2:22;
3rd person feminine singular וְכִלְּתָה consecutive
Hosea 11:6, suffix
וְכִ֫לַּתּוּ consecutive
Zechariah 5:4;
1st person singular כִּלִּיתִי Numbers 25:11,
כִּלֵּיתִי Isaiah 49:4,
וְכִלֵּיתִ֫י Ezekiel 6:12 +
2 times; suffix
כִּלִּיתִים Ezekiel 22:31,
וְכִלִּיתִיךָ consecutive
Exodus 33:5;
3rd person plural כִּלּוּ Genesis 24:19 +, etc.;
Imperfect יְכַלֶּה Isaiah 10:18;
וַיְכַל Genesis 2:2;
3rd person feminine singular וַתְּכַל Genesis 24:19 +
2 Samuel 13:39 (but read
וַתֵּכֶל We Dr and others, and see
Qal 2 b);
1st person singular אֲכַלֶּה Genesis 24:25 +
4 times;
וָאֲכַל Ezekiel 43:8; suffix
אֲכֶלְךָ Exodus 33:3 (Kö
i. 545);
3rd person masculine plural יְכַלּוּ Job 36:11 +
Job 21:13 Qr (Kt
יבלי; see
בלה above), +, etc.;
Imperative כַּלֵּה Psalm 59:14 (twice in verse) +
Psalm 74:11 (but text dubious, see below,
2); masculine plural
כַּלּוּ Exodus 5:13;
Infinitive absolute כַּלֵּה 1 Samuel 3:12 +
5 times;
construct לְכַלֵּא Daniel 9:24 (metaplastic form),
כַּלּוֺת 1 Samuel 2:33 +, etc.;
Participle מְכַלֵּה Jeremiah 14:12;
Job 9:22; feminine plural
מְכַלּוֺת Leviticus 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;
1 Kings 7:1;
Ezekiel 42:15;
Genesis 2:2;
Genesis 16:16;
Exodus 40:33 (P),
Ruth 2:21;
2 Chronicles 31:1;
2 Chronicles 7:11;
Ezra 9:1, so
לְכַלֵּא הַמֶּשַׁע Daniel 9:24 to make an end of the transgression (compare VB Bev);
Leviticus 23:22 (modified from
Leviticus 19:9 q.see below); accusative omitted
2 Chronicles 31:7 (opposed to
הֵחֵל לְ),
2 Chronicles 24:10,
14; Nehemiah 3:34.
†b. complete a period of time
יָמִים Ezekiel 4:6,
8;
complete one's days, enjoy the full measure of human life
Job 21:13;
Job 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;
Genesis 24:15,
19 (twice in verse);
Genesis 24:22 (all J),
Genesis 17:22;
Exodus 31:18;
Numbers 4:15 (all P),
Amos 7:2;
1 Kings 1:41;
2 Chronicles 29:29;
Ruth 3:3 +
31 times including
2 Samuel 11:19, where object of infin. precedes it, see Dr, so
Leviticus 19:9 (compare
Leviticus 23:22 above); +
1 Chronicles 27:24 (
לְ infinitive omitted; opposed to
הֵחֵל לְ),
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
בְּ make an end with, finish dealing with
2 Chronicles 20:23;
Ezra 10:17; absolute, opposed to
הֵחֵל,
בַּגָּדוֺל הֵחֵל וּבַקָּטֹן כִּלָּה Genesis 44:12 (J)
he began with the eldest and with the youngest he ended; so infinitive absolute adverb.
הָחֵל וְכַלֵּה 1 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
י׳'s anger),
עַדלְֿכַלֵּה (late) =
completely 2 Chronicles 24:10 (until all had given),
2 Chronicles 31:1 (until all were destroyed).
†f. accomplish in thought,
determine (compare
Qal 1 d) followed by
רָעָה Proverbs 16:30 (||
חשׁב).
†2.
a. put an end to, cause to cease Numbers 17:25 (+
מֵעָלַי);
וַיְכַלבַּֿהֶבֶל יְמֵיהֶם Psalm 78:33 and he consumed (caused to vanish) as vanity their days.
c. destroy, sometimes exterminate:
(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;
Exodus 33:3,
5 (JE),
Numbers 16:21;
Numbers 17:10;
Numbers 25:11 (all P),
Leviticus 26:44 (H),
Ezekiel 20:13;
Ezekiel 22:31;
Ezekiel 43:8;
Job 9:22;
עַד כַּלֹּתוֺ אֹתְךָ Deuteronomy 28:21,
עַד כַּלּוֺתִי אוֺתָם Jeremiah 9:15;
Jeremiah 49:37; absolute
Psalm 59:14 (twice in verse); so also (si vera lectio)
Psalm 74:11 (see VB; Bi Che
בְּקֶרֶב חֵקְךָ תִּכְלָא 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
י׳'s judgment becomes grammatical subject; subject
הַחֶרֶב Hosea 11:6 (object
בַּדָּיו, of city; ||
אכל), subject
עֵגֶל Isaiah 27:10 (object
סְעִפֶֿיהָ; ||
רָעָה), subject flying roll
Zechariah 5:4 (object house).
†Pu. Perfect 3rd person plural כָּלּוּ Psalm 72:20 be finished, ended; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיְכֻלּוּ Genesis 2:1 be completed (P).
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