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
); 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,
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
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
(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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