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# כלל

Biblical Aramaic

**complete** — used 2 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

complete [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5dc_5dc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כְּלַל: vb. complete Ishtaph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5dc_5dc/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. complete (v. BH I. \[כָּלַל\]; but שַׁכ׳ perhaps loan-word from Assyrian šuklulu, ušaklil, uštaklil, DlWB 331, cf. שֵׁיזִב, שֵׁיצֵא and Buhl14);— of building: Pf. 3 ms. sf. שַׁכְלְלֵהּ Ezr 5:11 he finished it; 3 mpl. שַׁכְלִלוּ 6:14, also (c. acc. rei) 4:12 (Kt שׁורי אשׁכללו, read Qr) שׁוּרַיָּא שׁ׳; Inf. לְהַשְׁכְּלָלָה, acc. rei 5:3, 9. Ishtaph. be completed, of walls; Impf. 3 mpl. יִשְׁתַּכְלְלוּן 4:13, 16.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they will be finished (2).

## In the verses

[Ezra 4:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.13/#tree)

כְּעַ֗ן יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן מִנְדָּֽה־בְל֤וֹ וַהֲלָךְ֙ לָ֣א יִנְתְּנ֔וּן וְאַפְּתֹ֥ם מַלְכִ֖ים תְּהַנְזִֽק׃

*Word for word:* now known let.it.be to the king (diy).that if the city this it.will.be.built and the walls they.will.be.finished tribute tax and toll not they.will.give and eventually kings it.will.injure

*JPS 1917:* Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, impost, or toll, and so thou wilt endamage the revenue of the kings.

[Ezra 4:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.16/#tree)

מְהוֹדְעִ֤ין אֲנַ֙חְנָה֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן לָקֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה חֲלָק֙ בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔א לָ֥א אִיתַ֖י לָֽךְ׃פ

*Word for word:* \[are\].making.known we to the king (diy).that if the city this it.will.be.built and the walls they.will.be.finished (to) before this possession in the.region.beyond the river not there \[will be\].to.you

*JPS 1917:* We announce to the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5db_5dc_5dc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5dc_5dc/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).