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# כָּלַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3634

**complete** — used 2 times in the Hebrew 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/tanakh/1499/3634/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּלַל: vb. complete, perfect [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3634/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. complete, perfect (NH comprehend, include, Pi. complete, כְּלָל a general rule, בִּכְלָל in general; Biblical Aramaic and Syriac Shaph. שׁכלל, ܫܰܟܠܶܠ complete, finish; Assyrian kalâlu iii. 1. 2. complete; Arabic كَلَّ is be wearied, fatigued; Aramaic כְּלִילָא, ܟܠܻܝܠܴܐ is a crown, hence den. אַכְלֵיל, ܟܰܠܶܠ to crown; Ethiopic I. 2 ከለለ to crown, አክሊል a crown, ተክሊል crowning (of bride), nuptials; cf. Arabic إِكْلِيلٌ a crown (Frä 62))— Pf. Ez 27:4 בֹּנַיִךְ כָּֽלְלוּ יָפְיֵךְ thy builders have perfected thy beauty (of Tyre, under fig. of ship), v 11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 27:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.4/#tree)

בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּ֖ים גְּבוּלָ֑יִךְ בֹּנַ֕יִךְ כָּלְל֖וּ יָפְיֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[were\].in.\[the\] heart of.\[the\].seas territories your builders your they.perfected beauty your

*JPS 1917:* Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

[Ezekiel 27:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.11/#tree)

בְּנֵ֧י אַרְוַ֣ד וְחֵילֵ֗ךְ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב וְגַ֨מָּדִ֔ים בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ הָי֑וּ שִׁלְטֵיהֶ֞ם תִּלּ֤וּ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב הֵ֖מָּה כָּלְל֥וּ יָפְיֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the.people of.Arvad and Helech \[were\].on walls your all.around and.\[the\] Gammadites in towers your they.were shields their they.hung.up on walls your all.around they they.perfected beauty your

*JPS 1917:* The men of Arvad and Helech were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3634.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3634/): 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).