Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
KJV Usage: finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כָּלָא (ka.la) — to restrain. 1) to restrict, restrain, withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shut up 1a2) to restrain 1a3) to withhold 1b) (Niphal) to be restrained 1c) (Piel) to finish
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · כֶּלֶא · כִּלְאַיִם · כְּלִיא · מִכְלָה
Control | verb qal
to imprison, to confine = causative action by which humans hold other humans under control, either in a prison or in another situation in which that person does not have the freedom to act and go at will
Control | verb qal
to withhold = causative action by which humans refuse other humans to access a certain place
Non-Engage | verb qal
to withhold literally: to confine (oneself from doing something); hence: = action by which deities keep themselves from engaging in a certain activity
Non-Engage | verb qal, verb nif
to restrain literally: to confine (someone from doing something); hence: = causative action by which humans or deities keep (other) humans from engaging in a certain activity
GEN 8:2 · EXO 36:6 · NUM 11:28 · 1SA 25:33 · PSA 40:10 · PSA 119:101 · ECC 8:8 · ISA 43:6 · EZK 31:15
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[כָּלָא] vb. shut up, restrain, withhold (NH id.; Aram. כְּלָא, Syriac; Eth. Ethiopic restrain, hinder; As. kâlû, id.; Ar. Arabic 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);— 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).
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.
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.
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