כילה

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
כ־ל־ה (k-l-h)
5 terms

Verb

כילה / כִּלָּה • (kilá) (pi'el construction, infinitive לְכַלּוֹת, passive counterpart כולה / כֻּלָּה)

  1. (literary) to finish, end, complete
    • Tanach, Genesis 2:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      • וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה׃
        vay'khál 'elohím bayóm hash'vi'í m'lakhtó 'ashér 'asá vayishbót bayóm hash'vi'í mikol-m'lakhtó 'ashér 'asá.
        wayəḵal ʾĕlōhīm bayyōm haššəḇīʿī məlaḵtō ʾăšer ʿāśā wayyišbōṯ bayyōm haššəḇīʿī mikkol-məlaḵtō ʾăšer ʿāśā.
        And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
  2. to eliminate, annihilate, destroy completely
    • Haggadah
      וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ / שֶׁלֹּא אֶחָד בִּלְבָד עָמַד עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ / אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ / וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם
      And this is what has stood by our forefathers and by us / For not one alone has stood against us to destroy us / But in every generation they stand against us to destroy us / And the Holy One Blessed Be He saves us from their hand.
Conjugation
Conjugation of כילה / כִּלָּה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first כיליתי / כִּלִּיתִי כילינו / כִּלִּינוּ
second כילית / כִּלִּיתָ כילית / כִּלִּית כיליתם / כִּלִּיתֶם כיליתן / כִּלִּיתֶן
third כילה / כִּלָּה כילתה / כִּלְּתָה כילו / כִּלּוּ
present מְכַלֶּה מְכַלָּה מְכַלִּים מְכַלּוֹת
future first אֲכַלֶּה נְכַלֶּה
second תְּכַלֶּה תְּכַלִּי תְּכַלּוּ תְּכַלֶּינָה1
third יְכַלֶּה תְּכַלֶּה יְכַלּוּ תְּכַלֶּינָה1
imperative כַּלֵּה כַּלִּי כַּלּוּ כַּלֶּינָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Root
כ־ל־ל (k-l-l)
14 terms

Noun

כילה / כִּלָּה • (kilá) f

  1. mosquito net hung over a bed

References

  • “כילה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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