{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3607",
  "lemma": "כָּלָא",
  "transliteration": "kâlâʼ",
  "definition": "to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)",
  "kjv": "finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.",
  "occurrences": 18,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[כָּלָא] vb. shut up, restrain, withhold (NH id.; Aram. כְּלָא,; Eth. restrain, hinder; As., id.; Ar. protect Qor 21:43 cf. Ba ZMG 1887, 605 Anm. 4)—",
    "Qal Pf. 3 ms. sf. כְּלָאוֹ Je 32:3; 3 fs. כָּֽלְאָה Hg 1:10; 2 fs. sf. כְּלִתִ֫נִי I S 25:33; 1 s. כָּלִאתִי ψ 119:101; 3 pl. כָּֽלְאוּ Hg 1:10, כָּלוּ I S 6:10; Impf. 3 ms. יִכְלֶה Gn 23:6; 2 ms. תִכְלָא ψ 40:12; 2 fs. תִּכְלָ֑אִי Is 43:6; 1 s. אֶכְלָא ψ 40:10; Imv. sf. כְּלָאֵֽם Nu 11:28; Inf. cstr. לִכְלוֹא Ec 8:8; Pt. pass. כָלוּא Je 32:2, כָּלֻא ψ 88:9; (on the metapl. forms, as if fr. כלה, v. Ges § 76, 21 c Kö i. 611);—",
    "1. shut up, c. acc. I S 6:10 (+ בְ loc.), Je 32:3; pt. pass. Je 32:2 (בְ loc.), fig. ψ 88:9 (opp. יצא).",
    "2. restrain, c. acc. I S 25:33 (+ מִבּוֹא בְדָמִים), ψ 119:101 (+ מִכָּל־); כְּלָאֵם (sc. מֵהִתְנַבֵּא) Nu 11:28; כ׳ שְׂפָתַי ψ 40:10; כ׳ אֶת־הָרוּחַ Ec 8:8. On ψ 74:11 v. כלה Pi. 2.",
    "3. withhold, כ׳ אֶת־קִבְרוֹ מִמְּךָ מִקְּבֹר מֵתֶֽךָ Gn 23:6 (P), כ׳ רַחֲמֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי ψ 40:12, Hg 1:10 b, prob. also v a (rd. מָ֑ל for MT 𝔊 מִטָּ֑ל, We); abs. אַל־תִּכְלָאִי (sc. exiles) Is 43:6 (∥ תְּנִי).",
    "Niph. Impf. וַיִּכָּלֵא הַגֶּשֶׁם מִן־הַשָּׁמָיִם Gn 8:2 (J), and the rain from heaven was restrained, cf. וַיִּכָּלְאוּ מַיִם רַבִּים Ez 31:15 (in fig.; ∥ מנע); וַיִּכָּלֵא הָעָם מֵהָבִיא Ex 36:6 (P).",
    "Pi. [Pf. כִּלָּא and] Inf. cstr. לְכַלֵּא v. כלה Pi."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 8:2",
      "text": "The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:6",
      "text": "“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 36:6",
      "text": "Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/36?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 11:28",
      "text": "Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/11?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 6:10",
      "text": "The men did so, and took two milk cows and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/6?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 25:33",
      "text": "Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 43:6",
      "text": "I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far away, and my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/43?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 32:2",
      "text": "Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/32?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 32:3",
      "text": "For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, and say, ‘The LORD says, “Behold, I will give…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/32?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 31:15",
      "text": "“The Lord GOD says: ‘In the day when he went down to Sheol, I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/31?v=15"
    }
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