Lexical Definition

‎מְלֹא‎ mᵉlôʼ (mel-o') fullness ^H:N-M
rarely מְלוֹא mᵉlôwʼ (mel-o'); or מְלוֹ mᵉlôw (mel-o'); (Ezekiel [41:8), from ‎מָלֵא‎

[idiom] all along, [idiom] all that is (there-) in, fill, ([idiom] that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-) full, multitude.

• fulness (literally or figuratively)

1) fulness, that which fills
1a) fulness, handful
1b) mass, multitude
1c) fulness, that which fills, entire contents
1d) full length, full line

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְלֹא‎, [‎מְלוֺא‎] noun masculine^{Isa 8}Isa 1:4 fulness, that which fills (Arabic Lane²⁷²⁹); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ construct Gen 48:19 + 19 t.; ‎מְלוֺ‎ Ezek 41:8 suffix ‎מְלוֺאוֺ‎ Isa 42:10 + 3 t.; ‎מְלוֺאָהּ‎ Deut 33:16 + 12 t.; —

1. fulness of hand (= handful) Eccl 4:6 (twice in verse) followed by accusative of material ‎חָפְנֵיכֶם פִּיחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 9:8 compare Lev 16:12; 1Kgs 17:12 so homer-full of manna; Exod 16:33 compare Lev 16:12; Num 22:18; Num 24:13; Judg 6:38 simil. ‎מְלֹא בְגְדוֺ‎ 2Kgs 4:39 rarely followed by ‎מִן‎ Lev 2:2; Lev 5:12, compare Exod 16:32 (but read perhaps ‎מִלְאוּ‎ so ᵐ5 ⅏ see Di).

2. mass of shepherds Isa 31:4 (in sim); multitude of nations Gen 48:19 (compare Arabic Qor 2:247 and elsewhere)

3. fullness = that which fills, entire contents, of ‎אֶרֶץ‎ Deut 33:16; Ps 24:1; Isa 6:3; Isa 8:8; Isa 34:1; Mic 1:2; Jer 8:16; Jer 47:2; Ezek 12:19; Ezek 19:7; Ezek 30:12; Ezek 32:15 ‎תֵּבֵל‎ Ps 50:12; Ps 89:12* ‎יָם‎ Isa 42:10; 1Chr 16:32; Ps 96:11; Ps 98:7 ‎עִיר‎ Amos 6:8.

4. phrases: — ‎קוֺמָתוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ = at full length 1Sam 28:20 full line, or portion ‎הַחֶ֫בַל‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2Sam 8:2 ‎הַקָּנֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ezek 41:8 full rod (reed).

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