STRONGS NUMBER H3607


Word Summary
kala: to shut up, restrain, withhold
Original Word: כָּלָא
Transliteration: kala
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-law')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to shut up, restrain, withhold
Meaning: to shut up, restrain, withhold
Strong's Concordance
finish, forbid, keep back, refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed,

A primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit) -- finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3607. kala

[כָּלָא‎] verb shut up, restrain, withhold (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּלָא‎, ; Ethiopic restrain, hinder; Assyrian Kâlû, id.; Arabic protect Qor 21:43 compare BaZMG 1887, 605 Anm. 4) —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix כְּלָאוֺJeremiah 32:3; 3feminine singular כָּֽלְאָהHaggai 1:10; 2feminine singular suffix כְּלִתִ֫נִי1 Samuel 25:33; 1singular כָּלִאתִיPsalm 119:101; 3plural כָּֽלְאוּHaggai 1:10, כָּלוּ1 Samuel 6:10; Imperfect3masculine singular יִכְלֶהGenesis 23:6; 2masculine singular תִּכְלָאPsalm 40:12; 2feminine singular תִּכְלָאִ֑יIsaiah 43:6; 1singular אֶכְלָאPsalm 40:10; Imperative suffix כְּלָאֵםNumbers 11:28; Infinitive construct לִכְלוֺאEcclesiastes 8:8; Passive participle כָּלוּאJeremiah 32:2, כָּלֻאPsalm 88:9; (on the metaplastic forms, as if from כלה‎, see Ges§ 75, 21 c Köi. 611); —

1 shut up, with accusative 1 Samuel 6:10 (+ בְ‎ local), Jeremiah 32:3; passive participle 32:2 (בְ‎ local), figurative Psalm 88:9 (opposed to יצא‎).

2 restrain, with accusative 1 Samuel 25:33 (+ בְדָמִים מִבּוֺא‎), Psalm 119:101 (+ מִכָּלֿ‎); כְּלָאֵם‎ (sc. מֵהִתְנַבֵּא‎) Numbers 11:28; ׳כ שְׂפָתַיPsalm 40:10; ׳כ אֶתהָֿרוּחַEcclesiastes 8:8. On Psalm 74:11 see כלהPi`el 2. 3. withhold, מֵתֶ֑ךָ מִקְּבֹר מִמְּךָ ׳כ אֶתקִֿבְרוֺGenesis 23:6 (P), ׳כ מִמֶּ֑נּי רַחֲמֶיךָPsalm 40:12; Haggai 1:10 b, probably also va (read טָ֑ל‎ for מִטָּ֑ל ᵐ5 ᵑ0‎, We); absolute אַלתִּֿכְלָאִי‎ (that is, exiles) Isaiah 43:6 ("" תְּנִי‎).

Niph`al Imperfect מִןהַֿשָּׁמַיִם הַגֶּשֶׁם וַיִּכָּלֵאGenesis 8:2 (J), and the rain from heaven was restrained, compare רַבִּים מַיִם וַיִּכָּֽלְאוּEzekiel 31:15 (in figurative; "" מנע‎); מֵהָבִיא הָעָם וַיִּכָּלֵאExodus 36:6 (P).

Pi`el [Perfect כִּלָּא‎ and] Infinitive construct לְכַלֵּא‎ see כלה

Pi`el