Lexical Definition

‎מָלֵא‎ mâlêʼ (maw-lay') to fill ^H:V
or מָלָא mâlâʼ (mawlaw'); (Esther 7:5), a primitive root

accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly.

• to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

1) to fill, be full
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be full
1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle)
1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended
1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied
1b2) to be accomplished, be ended
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to fill
1c2) to satisfy
1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete
1c4) to confirm
1d) (Pual) to be filled
1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against

See Greek: ἀναπληρόω · γέμω · ἐμπίπλημι · ἔργον · καταριθμέω · κατατρέχω · λαμβάνω · μέγας · μεστός · πληθύνω · πλήθω · πλήρης · πλήρης · πληροφορέω · πληρόω · πορεύομαι · συντελέω · σφόδρα · τελειόω · τολμάω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: me.la (‎מ‎ְ‎ל‎ָ‎א‎ "to fill" מְלָא)

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Aramaic form: מְלָא
‎מָלֵא‎₂₄₉ verb be full, fill (Late Hebrew id. (Pi`el transitive); Zinjirli ‎מלא‎ (Pi`el transitive) DHM^{Sendsch. 60}; Assyrian malû (transitive and intransitive) Dl^{HWB 409}; Arabic (transitive) , (intransitive); Ethiopic (transitive and intransitive); Aramaic (transitive), ‎מְלָא‎ (intransitive and transitive), Palmyrene proper name ‎מלא‎ = plenitude, Vog^{Palm 7, 2} and others; Sabean ‎מלא‎ Os¹⁴ Levy-Os^{ZMG xix.1863, 211 f.} DHM^{ZMG xxix.1875, 595}); —

Qal₉₉ Perfect ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 40:34 +; suffix ‎מְלַאוֺ‎ Esth 7:5 ‎מָלֵאתָ‎ Job 36:17 ‎מָלֵאתִי‎ Mic 3:8; Jer 6:11 ‎מָלֵ֫תִי‎ Job 32:18 ‎מָֽלְאוּ‎ Gen 29:21 +; ‎מָלוּ‎ Ezek 28:16 (‎מָלֵאתָ‎) ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Co); ‎מָלֵ֑אוּ‎ Isa 1:15, etc.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular suffix ‎חִמְלָאֵ֣מוֺ‎ Exod 15:9 ‎יִמְלְאוּ‎ Gen 50:3 + 2 t.; ‎וַיִּמְלְאוּ‎ Gen 25:24; Gen 50:3 Imperative ‎מִלְאוּ‎ Gen 1:22 + 5 t.; Infinitive construct ‎מְלֹאת‎ (‎מְלֹאות‎) Lev 8:33 + 12 t.; Participle ‎מָלֵא‎ Jer 23:24 ‎מְלֵאִים‎ Isa 6:1 (compare also below ‎מָלֵא‎ adjective ); —

1. be full, usually with accusative material:
a. literally subject houses Exod 8:17*; Exod 10:6 (both J) Judg 16:27; Isa 13:21; 2Chr 5:13, compare Ezek 10:4 (strike out Co); winepress Joel 4:13* threshing-floor Joel 2:24 vessel 2Kgs 4:6; Job 21:24, etc.; Job 20:22 ‎מְלֹאות‎ (compare ‎מְלֹא‎), i.e. fulness, abundance.
b. figurative, earth full of violence Gen 6:13, compare Lev 19:29 (both P), Mic 6:12; Isa 1:15; Jer 23:10; Jer 51:5; Ps 26:10; Ezek 7:23 (twice in verse); Eccl 9:3, etc.; earth full of glory, mercy, goodness, knowledge, of ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 33:5; Ps 119:64; Isa 11:9; Hab 3:3 compare also Ps 48:11*; Ps 104:24, etc.; subject ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎ = desire be satisfied (full) with suffix Exod 15:9 ‎׳‎‎וְדִין רָשָׁע מ‎ Job 36:17 and of judgment on the wicked art thou full (hast thou thy fill), compare Di Du; ‎מָלֵא לֵב לַעֲשׂוֺת רָ֑ע‎ Eccl 8:11 especially of days, years, be full, accomplished, ended, Gen 25:24; Gen 29:21; Gen 50:3 (twice in verse) (JE); Lev 8:33; Lev 12:4; Lev 12:6; Lev 25:30; Num 6:5; Num 6:13 (P); 1Sam 18:26; 2Sam 7:12; Jer 25:12; Jer 29:10; Lam 4:18; Ezek 5:2; 1Chr 17:11; Esth 1:5; Esth 2:12; Dan 10:3 compare also with other subject (literally) Jer 25:34; Isa 40:2.

2. transitive fill, of populating sea and earth Gen 1:22; Gen 1:28; Gen 9:1 (all P); consecrate ‎מִלְאוּ יֶדְכֶם ליהוה‎; (literally fill the hand) Exod 32:29 (compare below); especially of glory of ‎׳‎‎י‎ filling tabernacle and temple; Exod 40:34; Exod 40:35 (P) 1Kgs 8:10; 1Kgs 8:11, compare Isa 6:1 see also Jer 23:24, especially literal Ezek 10:3; Ezek 43:5; Ezek 44:4; 2Chr 5:14; 2Chr 7:1; 2Chr 7:2 followed by 2 accusativefill jars (with) water 1Kgs 18:34 absolute overflow ‎עַלכָּֿלגְּֿדוֺתָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Josh 3:15 (compare 1Chr 12:16* Pi`el); figurative fill land with sin Jer 16:18, compare Jer 19:4; Ezek 8:17; Ezek 28:16, compare Ezek 30:11 ‎מְלָאוֺ לִבּוֺ לַעֲשׂוֺתכֵּֿן‎ Esth 7:5 (compare Eccl 8:11 above); ‎מִלְאוּ הַשְּׁלָטִים‎ Jer 51:11 meaning obscure, see [‎שֶׁלֶט‎]; Gie proposes ‎׳‎‎מִרְטוּ הַשּׁ‎ polish. Niph`al Perfect ‎נִמְלָאֿ‎ Song 5:2 Imperfect ‎יִמָּלֵא‎ 2Sam 23:7 + 9 t.; ‎וַיִּמָּלֵא‎ Exod 7:25 + 5 t.; ‎יִמָּֽלְא֫וּ‎ Prov 3:10 + 2 t.; ‎יִמָּֽלֵ֑אוּ‎ Prov 24:4 ‎יִמָּֽלְאוּן‎ Ezek 32:6 —

1. be filled, usually with accusative of material (with ‎מִן‎ of source Eccl 1:8, compare Ezek 32:6 with ‎לְ‎ Hab 2:14); land, with people Exod 1:7 compare 2Kgs 3:17; 2Kgs 3:20; Isa 2:7 (twice in verse); Isa 2:8 house with smoke Isa 6:4, compare Ezek 10:4 see also Prov 3:10; Prov 24:4; Jer 13:12 (twice in verse); Zech 8:5; Song 5:2; Eccl 11:3; 2Kgs 10:21; Ezek 32:6 = be armed 2Sam 23:7 (literally be filled or fill himself, i.e. his hand, with weapon, compare Pi`el 2); be satisfied, subject ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎ = appetite Eccl 6:7 subject ‎אֹזֶן‎ Eccl 1:8 figurative earth filled with violence (compare Qal) Gen 6:11, compare Ezek 9:9; Ezek 23:33 with glory and knowledge of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Num 14:21; Hab 2:14; Ps 72:19 see also 1Kgs 7:14; Ps 71:8; Ps 126:2; Esth 3:5; Esth 5:9; Prov 20:17 absolute Ezek 26:2 (but Co below ‎מָלֵא‎ adjective , so ᵐ5 ᵑ7) Ezek 27:25.

2. be accomplished, ended, subject days Exod 7:25 of an exchange, requital, Job 15:32. Pi`el₁₁₂ Perfect ‎מִלֵּא‎ Exod 35:35 +; ‎מִלָּא‎ Jer 51:34 ‎מִלֵּאתָ‎ Deut 6:11 +; ‎מִלְאוּ‎ Num 32:11 +, etc.; Imperfect ‎יְמַלֵּא‎ Lev 8:33 +; ‎יְמַלֵּה֗֗֗‎ Job 8:21 ‎וַיְמַלְאוּ‎ Gen 42:25; Exod 39:10 ‎יְמַלֵּ֑אוּ‎ Ezek 7:19, etc.; Imperative ‎מַלֵּא‎ Gen 29:27 + 5 t.; ‎מַלְאוּ‎ Jer 4:5; Ezek 9:7 Infinitive construct ‎מַלֵּא‎ Exod 29:29 + 5 t.; ‎מַלְּאוֺת‎ (‎אֹת‎-) Exod 31:5 + 5 t.; suffix ‎מַלְּאָם‎ Jer 33:5 Participle ‎מְמַלֵּא‎ Jer 13:13; 1Chr 12:15* plural ‎מְמַלְאִים‎ Isa 65:11 + 2 t.; —

1. fill (often with 2 accusative; literal, with ‎בְּ‎ 2Kgs 9:24; Ezra 9:11; Job 40:31* with ‎מִן‎ Jer 51:34; Ps 127:5): Gen 21:19; Gen 24:16; Gen 26:15; Gen 42:25; Gen 44:1; Exod 2:16; Deut 6:11; Josh 9:13; 1Kgs 18:35; 1Kgs 20:27; 2Kgs 3:25; 2Kgs 23:14; Isa 23:2; Job 3:15; Job 22:18; Jer 41:9; Ezek 3:3; Ezek 7:19; Ezek 9:7; Ezek 10:2; Ezek 24:4; Nah 2:13*; Hag 2:7; Ps 129:7; 2Chr 16:14, etc. (indefinite subject); fill (cup) with drink for libation Isa 65:11 figurative fill with spirit Exod 28:3; Exod 31:3; Exod 35:31 compare vExod 35:35, Ps 107:9; Isa 33:5; Jer 15:17 fill (with blood) 2Kgs 21:16 with abominations Ezra 9:11 (with ‎בְּ‎ ).

2. special uses are: satisfy appetite Job 38:39; Ps 17:14; Prov 6:30; Job 20:23; Jer 51:14 (figurative); take a handful of ‎כַּפּוֺ מִן‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Lev 9:17 grasp ‎יָדוֺ בְּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2Kgs 9:24, compare (of laying arrow on bow) figurative ‎הַקֶּשֶׁת בְּאֶפְרַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Zech 9:13 overflow ‎מְמַלֵּא עַלכָּֿלגְּֿד֯יֹתָיו‎ 1Chr 12:16* (compare Josh 3:15 Qal); give in full ‎וַיְמַלְאוּם לַמֶּלֶךְ‎ 1Sam 18:27 (read ‎וַיְמַלְּאֵם‎ A ᵐ5^L ᵑ9 We Dr Kit Bu); ‎׳‎‎מִלֵּא יַד פּ‎ figurative for institute to a priestly office, consecrate Exod 28:41; Exod 29:9; Exod 29:29; Exod 29:33; Exod 29:35; Lev 8:33; Lev 16:32; Lev 21:10; Num 3:3; Judg 17:5; Judg 17:12; 1Kgs 13:33; Ezek 43:26 (altar), 1Chr 29:5; 2Chr 13:9; 2Chr 29:31 (compare Assyrian umallu ‡atu, confer upon, Dl^{HWB 409}); ‎אַחֲרֵי‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ wholly follow ‎׳‎‎י‎ Num 14:24; Num 32:11; Num 32:12; Deut 1:36; Josh 14:8; Josh 14:9; Josh 14:14; 1Kgs 11:6 fill in, i.e. set precious stones Exod 28:17 (‎בּוֺ מִלֻּאַת אֶבֶן‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎) compare Exod 31:5; Exod 35:33; Exod 39:10 (all P); etc.

3. fulfil, accomplish, complete, object week, year, day, Gen 29:27; Gen 29:28; Exod 23:26; Isa 65:20; Job 39:2; 2Chr 36:21; Dan 9:2 object word, promise, etc.; subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ 1Kgs 8:15; 1Kgs 8:24; 2Chr 6:4; 2Chr 6:15; Ps 20:5*; Ps 20:6* subject men 1Kgs 2:27; Jer 44:25; 2Chr 36:21.

4. confirm words 1Kgs 1:14. Pu`al Participle filled, i.e. set with jewels ‎מְמֻלָּאִים‎ ‎בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ‎ Song 5:14. Hithpa`el Imperfect ‎עָלַי יִתְמַלָּא֑וּן‎ Job 16:10, mass themselves against me; perhaps denominative from ‎מְלֹא‎

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