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# כְּלַל

Biblical Aramaic

**complete** — used 5 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_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כְּלַל: vb. complete Ishtaph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_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.

### Jastrow 1903

כְּלַל: to surround, crown to make whole, combine to prepare bridal room to crown, surround to be crowned, to adorn one’s self to be led into the bridal room, be married [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** to surround, crown. Targ. Cant. III, 11. (denom. of כּוֹלָּא) to make whole, combine. Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵇ bot. לינן חזרין וכָלְלִין לון do we not again combine them (the separated portions)? to surround, crown. Targ. Ps. V, 13. (v. כִּילָה, כִּילְתָא I) to prepare a bridal room. B. Mets. 101ᵇ כַּלְּלֵיה לבריח if the owner of the rented dwelling gave it to his son as a bridal room (Rashi: if he was making preparations for his son’s wedding, and needed the dwelling for the young couple). Gen. R. s. 70; Yalk. Gen. 125 כולי יומא הוו מְכַלְּלִין (ביה) ליה the whole day they were helping him to prepare the bridal chamber (decorating it). to crown, surround. Targ. Ps. LXV, 12. Ib. CIII, 4; a. e.—\[Kidd. 81ᵇ מכלליה, read: מכלי להו, v. כְּלֵי I.\] to be crowned, to adorn one’s self. Gen. R. s. 34, beg. (expl. Ps. CXLII, 8) יִתְכַּלְּלוּן בי וכ׳ the righteous shall adorn themselves with me. to be led into the bridal room, be married. Meg. 27ᵇ כי איכ׳ רבה וכ׳ when his son R. was to marry.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: finish (2); he (1); they finished (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 5:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.9/#tree)

אֱדַ֗יִן שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙ לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑םמַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* then we.asked to the elders these as.follows we.said to them who? did.he.make for you a.decree the house this to build and the structure this to finish

*JPS 1917:* Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus: Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

[Ezra 4:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.12/#tree)

יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֗א דִּ֤י סְלִ֙קוּ֙ מִן־לְוָתָ֔ךְ עֲלֶ֥ינָא אֲת֖וֹ לִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם קִרְיְתָ֨א מָֽרָדְתָּ֤א וּבִֽישְׁתָּא֙בָּנַ֔יִן וְשׁוּרַיָּ֣א שַׁכְלִ֔ילוּ וְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖א יַחִֽיטוּ׃

*Word for word:* known let.it.be to the king (diy).that the Jews who they.came.up from beside you to us they.have.come to Jerusalem the city (the) rebellious and (the) evil \[they.are\].building and the walls they.have.finished and the foundations they.are.repairing

*JPS 1917:* be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and are digging out the foundations.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_5dc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_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).