Original: כָּלָה

Transliteration: kâlâh

Phonetic: kaw-law'

Short Definition: Accomplish

Original: כּלה

Transliteration: kâlâh

Phonetic: kaw-law'

BDB Definition:

1. to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent
   1. (Qal)
      1. to be complete, be at an end
      2. to be completed, be finished
      3. to be accomplished, be fulfilled
      4. to be determined, be plotted (bad sense)
      5. to be spent, be used up
      6. to waste away, be exhausted, fail
      7. to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed
   2. (Piel)
      1. to complete, bring to an end, finish
      2. to complete (a period of time)
      3. to finish (doing a thing)
      4. to make an end, end
      5. to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass
      6. to accomplish, determine (in thought)
      7. to put an end to, cause to cease
      8. to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend
      9. to destroy, exterminate
   3. (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 982,983,984

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H3616, H3617, H3622, H3627, H3630, H3631, H4357, H8502, H8503