# H4356 מִכְלָאָה

מִכְלָאָה (miklâʼâh), Strong’s H4356: a pen (for flocks) KJV: (sheep-)fold. Compare H4357 (מִכְלָה).. Occurs 3 times.

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*miklâʼâh* — a pen (for flocks)

KJV: (sheep-)fold. Compare H4357 (מִכְלָה).

Derived from [כָּלָא kâlâʼ](https://besorah.bible/word/H3607) (to restrict, by act)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מִכְלָה (incorrect for מכלא) n.[m.] enclosure, fold;—גָּזַר מִמּ׳ צֹאן Hb 3:17; pl. cstr. לקח מִֽמִּכְלְאֹת צֹֽאן ψ 78:70 (obj. David); pl. sf. לקה מִ֝מִּכְלְאֹתֶ֗יךָ 50:9 (obj. he-goats).—II. מִכְלָה v. sub כלה.

## Where it occurs
- [Habakkuk 3:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/3?v=17) — For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields…
- [Psalms 50:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/50?v=9) — I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
- [Psalms 78:70](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/78?v=70) — He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;