BDB4019 H3615 H3607
BDB4018 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB4020
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 כְּלָא cease, perish (not ᵑ7); on root-meaning enclose compare כלא and BaZMG 1887, 605) — 1. a. be complete, at an end, of a period of time
Gen 41:53 (
E; opposed to III.
חלל Hiph`il
begin v
Gen 41:54),
Jer 8:20 (||
עבר); so of action or event, with emphasis on time
Isa 10:25;
Isa 24:13;
Ruth 2:23;
2Chr 29:28 (opposed to
הֵחֵל v
2Chr 29:27), v
2Chr 29:34;
Dan 12:7 (||
קֵץ v
Dan 12:6 v
Dan 12:9); — see also
2 b below
b. be completed, finished, of a work: temple
1Kgs 6:38;
1Chr 28:20;
2Chr 8:16 (||
שָׁלֵם), tabernacle
Exod 39:32 (
P).
c. be accomplished, fulfilled, only of purposed wrath, or predicition of
׳י,
Ezek 5:13 (||
כַּלּוֺתִי v
b, see
Pi`el),
Dan 11:36;
2Chr 36:22 =
Ezra 1:1.
d. be ideally complete,
be determined, always in bad sense,
plotted, subject
הָרָעָה: followed by
מֵעִם of agent
1Sam 20:7, also v
1Sam 20:9 (+
לָבוֺא עַל), + v
1Sam 20:33 (read
כָּֽלְתָה, for
ᵑ0 כָּלָה הִיא,
ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu);
הָרָעָה אֶלאֲֿדֹנֵינוּ וְעַלכָּֿלבֵּֿיתוֺ ׳כ 1Sam 25:17 followed by
מֵאֵת of agent
Esth 7:7 (+
אֵלָיו).
2. a. be spent, used up (properly
come to an end), of water
Gen 21:15 (
E), meal
1Kgs 17:14;
1Kgs 17:16.
b. waste away, be exhausted, fail, literally of fading grass
Isa 15:6 (||
יָבֵשׁ,
לֹא היה), of vintage
Isa 32:10 (opposed to
בּוֺא), of vanishing cloud
Job 7:9 (in simile, ||
הלך); figurative of fleeting days of life v
Job 7:6 (||
קלל), compare
Ps 102:4 and
כָּלוּ בְיָגוֺן חַיַּי Ps 31:11;
Jer 20:18 see also
1 a above; of flesh
Job 33:21, compare of vital strength
Ps 71:9,
בָּשָׂר וּשְׁאֵר Prov 5:11,
׳כ שְׁאֵרִי וּלְבָבִי Ps 73:26, subject
רוּחִי Ps 143:7 once of
׳י's compassion
לֹאכָֿלוּ רַחֲמָיו Lam 3:32 (||
תמם, on text see
VB); especially of eyes exhausted by weeping
Lam 2:11, strained by looking (figurative) for relief or refreshment,
pine, languish Lam 4:17;
Ps 69:4;
Job 11:20;
Job 17:5;
Jer 14:6 (of wild asses); followed by
לְ Lam 4:17 and, in spiritual sense,
Ps 119:82;
Ps 119:123 similarly (followed by
לְ) of
נפשׁ exhausted by
longing Ps 84:3 (||
נכסף),
Ps 119:81,
כָּלוּ כִלְֹיתַי בְּחֵקִי Job 19:27 so also
2Sam 13:29 where read
וַתֵּכֶל רוּחַ הַמֶּלֶךְ (for
ᵑ0 ׳וַתְּכַל דָּוִד הַמּ)
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
׳י's judgment
Isa 1:28 (||
שֶׁבֶר),
Isa 16:4 (||
אָפֵס,
תָּמַם),
Isa 29:20 (||
אָפֵס,
נִכְרַת),
Isa 31:3 (||
כשׁל,
נפל),
וּבַחֶרֶב וּבָרָעָב יִכְלוּ Jer 16:4, compare
Jer 44:27 (||
תָּמַם),
Ezek 5:12 (||
מוּת,
נָפַל),
Ezek 13:14;
Mal 3:6;
Ps 37:20 (twice in verse); (||
אבד),
Job 4:9 (||
id.),
Ps 71:13 (||
בּוֺשׁ); hyperbole, of severe discipline
Ps 39:11;
Ps 90:7 (||
נבהל); of prosperity of a people
Isa 21:16 שֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֺ יִכְלֶה Prov 22:8 the rod of his wrath perishes (>
Ew and others
is accomplished, of God's wrath). —
Dan 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
ᵐ5 (for difficult
ᵑ0 וּכְכַלּוֺת נַפֵּץ יַדעַֿםקֹֿדֶשׁ) .
Pi`el140 Perfect כִּלָּה Gen 18:33 +, כִּלָּא Prov 16:30 Baer (van d. H כִּלָּה), suffix כִּלָּנוּ 2Sam 21:5, כִּלָּם Lam 2:22 3 feminine singular וְכִלְּתָה consecutive Hos 11:6, suffix וְכִ֫לַּתּוּ consecutive Zech 5:4 1 singular כִּלִּיתִי Num 25:11, כִּלֵּיתִי Isa 49:4, וְכִלֵּיתִ֫י Ezek 6:12 + 2 t.; suffix כִּלִּיתִים Ezek 22:31, וְכִלִּיתִיךָ consecutive Exod 33:5 3 plural כִּלּוּ Gen 24:19 +, etc.; Imperfect יְכַלֶּה Isa 10:18 וַיְכַל Gen 2:2 3 feminine singular וַתְּכַל Gen 24:19 + 2Sam 13:39 (but read וַתֵּכֶל We Dr and others, and see Qal 2 b); 1 singular אֲכַלֶּה Gen 24:25 + 4 t.; וָאֲכַל Ezek 43:8 suffix אֲכֶלְךָ Exod 33:3 (Köi. 545); 3 masculine plural יְכַלּוּ Job 36:11 + Job 21:13 Qr (Kt יבלי; see בלה above), +, etc.; Imperative כַּלֵּה Ps 59:14 (twice in verse) + Ps 74:11 (but text dubious, see below, 2); masculine plural כַּלּוּ Exod 5:13 Infinitive absolute כַּלֵּה 1Sam 3:12 + 5 t.; construct לְכַלֵּא Dan 9:24 (metaplastic form), כַּלּוֺת 1Sam 2:33 +, etc.; Participle מְכַלֵּה Jer 14:12; Job 9:22 feminine plural מְכַלּוֺת Lev 26:16 —
1. a. complete, bring to an end, finish a thing, task, work, etc., with accusative of thing
Exod 5:13;
Exod 5:14 (+ infinitive; both
J),
1Kgs 6:9;
1Kgs 6:14;
1Kgs 7:1;
Ezek 42:15;
Gen 2:2;
Gen 16:16;
Exod 40:33 (
P),
Ruth 2:21;
2Chr 31:1;
2Chr 7:11;
Ezra 9:1, so
לְכַלֵּא הַפֶּשַׁע Dan 9:24 to make an end of the transgression (compare
VB Bev);
Lev 23:22 (modified from
Lev 19:9 q.see below); accusative omitted
2Chr 31:7 (opposed to
הֵחֵל לְ),
2Chr 24:10;
2Chr 24:14;
Neh 3:34.
b. complete a period of time
יָמִים Ezek 4:6;
Ezek 4:8 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 Ps 90:9, with added idea of transitoriness.
c. finish doing a thing, usually followed by
ל infinitive
Gen 18:33;
Gen 24:15;
Gen 24:19 (twice in verse);
Gen 24:22 (all
J),
Gen 17:22;
Exod 31:18;
Num 4:15 (all
P),
Amos 7:2;
1Kgs 1:41;
2Chr 29:29;
Ruth 3:3 + 31 t. including
2Sam 11:19, where object of infin. precedes it, see
Dr, so
Lev 19:9 (compare
Lev 23:22 above); +
1Chr 27:24 (
לְ infinitive omitted; opposed to
הֵחֵל לְ),
2Chr 29:17 +
Dan 12:7 (infinitive without
לְ; but see
Qal 2 c near the end); followed by
מִן infinitive,
1Sam 10:13;
2Sam 6:18 =
1Chr 16:2;
Exod 34:33;
Lev 16:20;
Josh 19:51 (all
P),
Ezek 43:23.
d. make an end, end, followed by
בְּ make an end with, finish dealing with
2Chr 20:23;
Ezra 10:17 absolute, opposed to
הֵחֵל,
בַּגָּדוֺל הֵחֵל וּבַקָּטֹן כִּלָּה Gen 44:12 (
J)
he began with the eldest and with the youngest he ended; so infinitive absolute adverb.
הָחֵל וְכַלֵּה 1Sam 3:12 a beginning and an ending, i.e. doing it thoroughly (see
Dr); also
עַדכַּֿלֵּה =
utterly 2Kgs 13:17;
2Kgs 13:19,
to extremity Ezra 9:14 (of
׳י's anger),
עַדלְֿכַלֵּה (late) =
completely 2Chr 24:10 (until all had given),
2Chr 31:1 (until all were destroyed).
e. accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass, a thing
Ruth 3:18 with accusative of
׳י's wrath (
חֲמָתוֺ)
Lam 4:11 so (
חֲמָתִי,
אַפִּי) +
ב person
Ezek 5:13;
Ezek 6:12;
Ezek 7:8;
Ezek 13:15;
Ezek 20:8;
Ezek 20:21.
feminine accomplish in thought,
determine (compare
Qal 1 d) followed by
רָעָה Prov 16:30 (||
חשׁב).
2. a. put an end to, cause to cease Num 17:25 (+
מֵעָלַי);
וַיְכַלבַּֿהֶבֶל יְמֵיהֶם Ps 78:33 and he consumed (caused to vanish) as vanity their days.
b. cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend,
חִצַּי אֲכַלֶּהבָּֿם Deut 32:23 my arrows will I exhaust against them; exhaust one's strength
כֹּחַ Isa 49:4 (||
יָגַע); the eyes (by weeping; compare
Qal 2 b)
1Sam 2:33;
Job 31:16 of a disease,
consume the eyes
Lev 26:16 (
H).
c. destroy, sometimes
exterminate: (1) men subject, with accusative of person
2Sam 21:5;
2Sam 22:39 (||
מחץ),
Deut 7:22;
2Chr 8:8;
Jer 10:25 (||
אכל),
Lam 2:22;
Ps 119:87 especially in phrase
עַד כַּלּוֺתָם 1Sam 15:18 (on text see
Dr),
2Sam 22:38 (||
השׁמיד) =
Ps 18:38,
1Kgs 22:11 =
2Chr 18:10 (2) God subject, with accusative of person
Josh 24:20 (
E),
Isa 10:18 (Assyrian host, under figure of forest);
Jer 5:3;
Exod 32:10;
Exod 33:3;
Exod 33:5 (
JE),
Num 16:21;
Num 17:10;
Num 25:11 (all
P),
Lev 26:44 (
H),
Ezek 20:13;
Ezek 22:31;
Ezek 43:8;
Job 9:22 עַד כַּלֹּתוֺ אֹתְךָ Deut 28:21,
עַד כַּלּוֺתִי אוֺתָם Jer 9:15;
Jer 49:37 absolute
Ps 59:14 (twice in verse); so also (si vera lectio)
Ps 74:11 (see
VB;
Bi Che בְּקֶרֶב חֵקְךָ תִּכְלָא and thy right hand (why)
keepest thou in thy bosom); accusative +
ב instrumental
Jer 14:12 (by sword, famine, and pestilence); sometimes the instrument of
׳י's judgment becomes grammatical subject; subject
הַחֶרֶב Hos 11:6 (object
בַּדָּיו, of city; ||
אכל), subject
עֵגֶל Isa 27:10 (object
סְעִפֶֿיהָ; ||
רָעָה), subject flying roll
Zech 5:4 (object house).
Pu`al Perfect 3 plural
כָּלּוּ Ps 72:20 be finished, ended; Imperfect 3 masculine plural
וַיְכֻלּוּ Gen 2:1 be completed (
P).