Lexical Definition

‎כָּלָא‎ kâlâʼ (kaw-law') to restrain ^H:V
a primitive root

finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.

• to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)

1) to restrict, restrain, withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to shut up
1a2) to restrain
1a3) to withhold
1b) (Niphal) to be restrained
1c) (Piel) to finish

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כָּלָא‎] verb shut up, restrain, withhold (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎כְּלָא‎, ; Ethiopic restrain, hinder; Assyrian Kâlû, id.; Arabic protect Qor 21:43 compare Ba^{ZMG 1887, 605 Anm. 4}) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎כְּלָאוֺ‎ Jer 32:3 3 feminine singular ‎כָּֽלְאָה‎ Hag 1:10 2 feminine singular suffix ‎כְּלִתִ֫נִי‎ 1Sam 25:33 1 singular ‎כָּלִאתִי‎ Ps 119:101 3 plural ‎כָּֽלְאוּ‎ Hag 1:10, ‎כָּלוּ‎ 1Sam 6:10 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִכְלֶה‎ Gen 23:6 2 masculine singular ‎תִּכְלָא‎ Ps 40:12* 2 feminine singular ‎תִּכְלָאִ֑י‎ Isa 43:6 1 singular ‎אֶכְלָא‎ Ps 40:10* Imperative suffix ‎כְּלָאֵם‎ Num 11:28 Infinitive construct ‎לִכְלוֺא‎ Eccl 8:8 Passive participle ‎כָּלוּא‎ Jer 32:2, ‎כָּלֻא‎ Ps 88:9* (on the metaplastic forms, as if from ‎כלה‎, see Ges^{«GKC:75»§ 75}, 21 c Kö^{i. 611}); —

1. shut up, with accusative 1Sam 6:10 (+ ‎בְ‎ local), Jer 32:3 passive participle Jer 32:2 (‎בְ‎ local), figurative Ps 88:9* (opposed to ‎יצא‎).

2. restrain, with accusative 1Sam 25:33 (+ ‎מִבּוֺא‎ ‎בְדָמִים‎), Ps 119:101 (+ ‎מִכָּלֿ‎); ‎כְּלָאֵם‎ (sc. ‎מֵהִתְנַבֵּא‎) Num 11:28 ‎שְׂפָתַי‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Ps 40:10* ‎אֶתהָֿרוּחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Eccl 8:8. On Ps 74:11 see ‎כלה‎

Pi`el 2. 3. withhold, ‎אֶתקִֿבְרוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ ‎מִמְּךָ מִקְּבֹר מֵתֶ֑ךָ‎ Gen 23:6 (P), ‎רַחֲמֶיךָ מִמֶּ֑נּי‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Ps 40:12*; Hag 1:10 b, probably also v<sup>a</sup> (read ‎טָ֑ל‎ for ᵑ0 ᵐ5 ‎מִטָּ֑ל‎, We); absolute ‎אַלתִּֿכְלָאִי‎ (that is, exiles) Isa 43:6 (|| ‎תְּנִי‎). Niph`al Imperfect ‎וַיִּכָּלֵא הַגֶּשֶׁם מִןהַֿשָּׁמַיִם‎ Gen 8:2 (J), and the rain from heaven was restrained, compare ‎וַיִּכָּֽלְאוּ מַיִם‎ ‎רַבִּים‎ Ezek 31:15 (in figurative; || ‎מנע‎); ‎וַיִּכָּלֵא הָעָם מֵהָבִיא‎ Exod 36:6 (P). Pi`el [Perfect ‎כִּלָּא‎ and] Infinitive construct ‎לְכַלֵּא‎ see ‎כלה‎ Pi`el

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