{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3615",
  "lemma": "כָּלָה",
  "transliteration": "kâlâh",
  "definition": "to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)",
  "kjv": "accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were)…",
  "occurrences": 204,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "כָּלָה 204 vb. be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent",
    "Qal",
    "a. be complete, at an end, of a period of time",
    "b. be completed, finished, of a work",
    "c. be accomplished, fulfilled",
    "d. be idealy complete, be determined, always in a bad sense, plotted",
    "a. be spent, used up (prop. come to an end), of water",
    "b. waste away, be exhausted, fail",
    "c. come to an end, vanish = perish, be destroyed",
    "Pi.",
    "a. complete, bring to an end, finish, a thing, task, work, etc.",
    "b. complete a period of time",
    "c. finish doing a thing",
    "d. make an end, end",
    "e. accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass",
    "f. accomplish in thought, determine",
    "a. put an end to, cause to cease",
    "b. cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend",
    "c. destroy, sts. exterminate"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:1",
      "text": "The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:2",
      "text": "On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 6:16",
      "text": "You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 17:22",
      "text": "When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:33",
      "text": "The LORD went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:15",
      "text": "The water in the container was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:15",
      "text": "Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:19",
      "text": "When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have finished…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:22",
      "text": "As the camels had finished drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:45",
      "text": "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=45"
    }
  ],
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