כָּלָה

H3615. kalah
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) —
Qal. Perfect ׳כ 1Ki 6:38 +; 3 feminine singular כָּֽלְתָה 1Sa 20:7 +; 1 singular כָּלִיתִי Psa 39:11; Psa 39:3plural כָּלוּ Job 19:27 +; 2 masculine plural כְּלִיתֶם Mal 3:6; וּכְלִיתֶם consecutive Eze 13:14; Eze 13:1plural כָּלִינוּ Psa 90:7, etc.; Imperfect יִכְלֶה Pro 22:8; jussive יִ֫כֶל Job 33:21 (see Dr§ 171-173 Ges§ 109. 2 b Anm. DaSynt. § 51 R. 5; 64 R. 6); 3 feminine singular תִּכְלָה 1Ki 17:14; וַתֵּ֫כֶל Exo 39:32 + 2Sa 13:39 (see below); 3 masculine plural יִכְלוּ Isa 1:28 +, יִכְלָי֑וּן Isa 31:3, etc.; Infinitive construct כְּלוֺת Rth 2:23 +, etc.; —
1. a. be complete, at an end, of a period of time Gen 41:53 (E; opposed to III. חלל Hiph`il begin Gen 41:54), Jer 8:20 (|| עבר); so of action or event, with emphasis on time Isa 10:25; Isa 24:13; Rth 2:23; 2Ch 29:28 (opposed to הֵחֵל 2Ch 29:27), 2Ch 29:34; Dan 12:7 (|| קֵץ Dan 12:6; Dan 12:9); — see also 2b below
b. be completed, finished, of a work: temple 1Ki 6:38; 1Ch 28:20; 2Ch 8:16 (|| שָׁלֵם), tabernacle Exo 39:32 (P).
c. be accomplished, fulfilled, only of purposed wrath, or predicition of ׳י, Eze 5:13 (|| כַּלּוֺתִי vb, see Pi`el), Dan 11:36; 2Ch 36:22 = Ezr 1:1.
d. be ideally complete, be determined, always in bad sense, plotted, subject הָרָעָה: followed by מֵעִם of agent 1Sa 20:7, also 1Sa 20:9 (+עַל לָבוֺא), + 1Sa 20:33 (read כָּֽלְתָה, for ᵐ5 הִיא, כָּלָה ᵑ0 We Dr Kit Bu); ׳כ וְעַלכָּֿלבֵּֿיתוֺ אֶלאֲֿדֹנֵינוּ הָרָעָה 1Sa 25:17; followed by מֵאֵת of agent Est 7:7 (+ אֵלָיו).
2. a. be spent, used up (properly come to an end), of water Gen 21:15 (E), meal 1Ki 17:14, 1Ki 17:16.
b. waste away, be exhausted, fail, literally of fading grass Isa 15:6 (|| היה לֹא יָבֵשׁ,), of vintage Isa 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 Psa 102:4 and חַיַּי בְיָגוֺן כָּלוּ Psa 31:11; Jer 20:18; see also 1a above; of flesh Job 33:21, compare of vital strength Psa 71:9, וּשְׁאֵר בָּשָׂר Pro 5:11, וּלְבָבִי שְׁאֵרִי ׳כ Psa 73:26, subject רוּחִי Psa 143:7; once of ׳יs compassion רַחֲמָיו לֹאכָֿלוּ 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; Psa 69:4; Job 11:20; Job 17:5; Jer 14:6 (of wild asses); followed by לְ Lam 4:17 and, in spiritual sense, Psa 119:82; Psa 119:123; similarly (followed by לְ) of נפשׁ exhausted by longing Psa 84:3 (|| נכסף), Psa 119:81, בְּחֵקִי כִלְֹיתַי כָּלוּ Job 19:27; so also 2Sa 13:29 where read הַמֶּלֶךְ רוּחַ וַתֵּכֶל (for הַמּ דָּוִד ׳וַתְּכַל ᵑ0) 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 ׳יs judgment Isa 1:28 (|| שֶׁבֶר), Isa 16:4 (|| תָּמַם אָפֵס,), Isa 29:20 (|| נִכְרַת אָפֵס,), Isa 31:3 (|| נפל כשׁל,), יִכְלוּ וּבָרָעָב וּבַחֶרֶב Jer 16:4, compare Jer 44:27 (|| תָּמַם), Eze 5:12 (|| נָפַל מוּת,), Eze 13:14; Mal 3:6; Psa 37:20 (twice in verse); (|| אבד), Job 4:9 (|| id.), Psa 71:13 (|| בּוֺשׁ); hyperbole, of severe discipline Psa 39:11; Psa 90:7 (|| נבהל); of prosperity of a people Isa 21:16; יִכְלֶה עֶבְרָתוֺ שֵׁבֶט Pro 22:8 the rod of his wrath perishes (> Ew and others is accomplished, of God's wrath). — Dan 12:7 read perhaps קֹדֶשׁ עַם נֹפֵץ יַד וְכִכְלוֺת and when the power of the shatterer of the holy people should come to an end, so Bev after ᵐ5 (for difficult יַדעַֿםקֹֿדֶשׁ נַמֵּץ וּכְכַלּוֺת ᵑ0) .
Pi`el140 Perfect כִּלָּה Gen 18:33 +, כִּלָּא Pro 16:30 Baer (van d. H כִּלָּה), suffix כִּלָּנוּ 2Sa 21:5, כִּלָּם Lam 2:22; Lam 2:3feminine singular וְכִלְּתָה consecutive Hos 11:6, suffix וְכִ֫לַּתּוּ consecutive Zec 5:4; Zec 5:1singular כִּלִּיתִי Num 25:11, כִּלֵּיתִי Isa 49:4, וְכִלֵּיתִ֫י Eze 6:12 Eze 6:2t.; suffix כִּלִּיתִים Eze 22:31, וְכִלִּיתִיךָ consecutive Exo 33:5; Exo 33:3plural כִּלּוּ Gen 24:19 +, etc.; Imperfect יְכַלֶּה Isa 10:18; וַיְכַל Gen 2:2-3;feminine singular וַתְּכַל Gen 24:19 + 2Sa 13:39 (but read וַתֵּכֶל We Dr and others, and see Qal 2 b); 1 singular אֲכַלֶּה Gen 24:25 Gen 24:4t.; וָאֲכַל Eze 43:8; suffix אֲכֶלְךָ Exo 33:3 (Köi. 545); 3 masculine plural יְכַלּוּ Job 36:11 + Job 21:13 Qr (Kt יבלי; see בלה above), +, etc.; Imperative כַּלֵּה Psa 59:14 (twice in verse) + Psa 74:11 (but text dubious, see below,
2); masculine plural כַּלּוּ Exo 5:13; Infinitive absolute כַּלֵּה 1Sa 3:12 1Sa 3:5t.; construct לְכַלֵּא Dan 9:24 (metaplastic form), כַּלּוֺת 1Sa 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 Exo 5:13-14, (+ infinitive; both J), 1Ki 6:9, 1Ki 6:14; 1Ki 7:1; Eze 42:15; Gen 2:2; Gen 16:16; Exo 40:33 (P), Rth 2:21; 2Ch 31:1; 2Ch 7:11; Ezr 9:1, so הַמֶּשַׁע לְכַלֵּא 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 2Ch 31:7 (opposed to לְ הֵחֵל), 2Ch 24:10, 2Ch 24:14; Nehemiah 3:34.
b. complete a period of time יָמִים Eze 4:6, Eze 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 Psa 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; Exo 31:18; Num 4:15 (all P), Amo 7:2; 1Ki 1:41; 2Ch 29:29; Rth 3:3 31t. including 2Sa 11:19, where object of infin. precedes it, see Dr, so Lev 19:9 (compare Lev 23:22 above); + 1Ch 27:24 (לְ infinitive omitted; opposed to לְ הֵחֵל), 2Ch 29:17; + Dan 12:7 (infinitive without לְ; but see Qal 2 c near the end); followed by מִן infinitive, 1Sa 10:13; 2Sa 6:18 = 1Ch 16:2; Exo 34:33; Lev 16:20; Jos 19:51 (all P), Eze 43:23.
d. make an end, end, followed by בְּ make an end with, finish dealing with 2Ch 20:23; Ezr 10:17; absolute, opposed to כִּלָּה וּבַקָּטֹן הֵחֵל בַּגָּדוֺל הֵחֵל, Gen 44:12 (J) he began with the eldest and with the youngest he ended; so infinitive absolute adverb. וְכַלֵּה הָחֵל 1Sa 3:12 a beginning and an ending, i.e. doing it thoroughly (see Dr); also עַדכַּֿלֵּה = utterly 2Ki 13:17, 2Ki 13:19, to extremity Ezr 9:14 (of ׳יs anger), עַדלְֿכַלֵּה (late) = completely2Ch 24:10 (until all had given), 2Ch 31:1 (until all were destroyed).
e. accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass, a thing Rth 3:18; with accusative of ׳יs wrath (חֲמָתוֺ) Lam 4:11; so (אַמִּי חֲמָתִי,) + ב person Eze 5:13; Eze 6:12; Eze 7:8; Eze 13:15; Eze 20:8, Eze 20:21.
f. accomplish in thought, determine (compare Qal 1 d) followed by רָעָה Pro 16:30 (|| חשׁב).
2. a. put an end to, cause to cease Numbers 17:25 (+ מֵעָלַי); יְמֵיהֶם וַיְכַלבַּֿהֶבֶל Psa 78:33 and he consumed (caused to vanish) as vanity their days.
b. cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend, אֲכַלֶּהבָּֿם חִצַּי Deu 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) 1Sa 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 2Sa 21:5; 2Sa 22:39 (|| מחץ), Deu 7:22; 2Ch 8:8; Jer 10:25 (|| אכל), Lam 2:22; Psa 119:87; especially in phrase כַּלּוֺתָם עַד 1Sa 15:18 (on text see Dr), 2Sa 22:38 (|| השׁמיד) = Psa 18:38, 1Ki 22:11 2Ch 18:10; (2) God subject, with accusative of person Jos 24:20 (E), Isa 10:18 (Assyrian host, under figure of forest); Jer 5:3; Exo 32:10; Exo 33:3, Exo 33:5 (JE), Num 16:21; Num 17:10; Num 25:11 (all P), Lev 26:44 (H), Eze 20:13; Eze 22:31; Eze 43:8; Job 9:22; אֹתְךָ כַּלֹּתוֺ עַד Deu 28:21, אוֺתָם כַּלּוֺתִי עַד Jer 9:15; Jer 49:37; absolute Psa 59:14 (twice in verse); so also (si vera lectio) Psa 74:11 (see VB; Bi Che תִּכְלָא חֵקְךָ בְּקֶרֶב 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 ׳יs 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 Zec 5:4 (object house).
Pu`al Perfect3plural כָּלּוּ Psa 72:20 be finished, ended; Imperfect3masculine plural וַיְכֻלּוּ Gen 2:1 be completed (P).