מלא

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See also: מ־ל־א

Aramaic

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

מלא • (transliteration needed) c pl (singular מלתא)

  1. words
  2. things, matter
  3. (grammar) verbs
  4. (grammar) voices

Pronunciation 2

Verb

מלא • (transliteration needed)

  1. to fill, to be filled
  2. to be complete

Hebrew

Root
מ־ל־א (m-l-ʾ)

Etymology

Compare Ge'ez መልአ (mälʾä, “to fill, to be full”) Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa, “to fill”) and Akkadian malû 𒌑𒂷𒇷 umalli 𒀯𒇻 mullu.

Adjective

מָלֵא • (malé) (feminine מְלֵאָה, masculine plural מְלֵאִים, feminine plural מְלֵאוֹת)

  1. Full (of), filled (with).
  2. Whole, total, full, complete.
    ליקוי מלא ― likúi malé ― a total eclipse
    דגנים מלאים ― d'ganím m'le'ím ― whole grains
    שוויון מלא בין המינים ― shivyón malé ben haminím ― full equality between the sexes
    ירח מלא ― yaréakh malé ― a full moon
    נשים מלאות ― nashím m'le'ót ― full-figured women
  3. (invariable) A lot of, tons of, loads of.
    • 2007 January 1, ליאת לוי־קופלמן (Liat Levi-Kopelman), “הנשימה האחרונה של אחותי והראשונה של התינוק שלי” (han'shimá ha'akharoná shel akhotí v'harishoná shel hatinók shelí, “My sister's last breath and my baby's first”), in Ynet:
      אבל רק בסוף השבוע כי יש לה מלא עבודה.
      avál rak b'sóf hashavúa ki yesh lah malé avodá.
      But only on the weekend because she has a ton of work.

Derived terms

Verb

מָלֵא • (malé) (pa'al construction)

  1. To fill, to become full.
    • Tanach, Genesis 9:1, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת נֹחַ וְאֶת בָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ׃
      And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
  2. To complete.
  3. To reach an age, to become a number of years old.
    • 1973, Gabi Shoshan (גבי שושן), Shesh Esre Malu Lanaar (שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה מָלְאוּ לַנַּעַר).
      שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה מָלְאוּ לַנַּעַר וְלִבּוֹ הָמָה
      shesh 'es'ré mal'ú lana'ar v'libó hamá
      (Literal) Sixteen filled the teenager and his heart became full of activity.
      (Idiomatic) The teenager reached sixteen and his heart yearned.

Conjugation

Conjugation of מָלֵא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first מָלֵאתִי מָלֵאנוּ
second מָלֵאתָ מָלֵאת מְלֵאתֶם1 מְלֵאתֶן1
third מָלֵא מָלְאָה מָלְאוּ
present מָלֵא מְלֵאָה מְלֵאִים מְלֵאוֹת
future first אֶמְלָא נִמְלָא
second תִּמְלָא תִּמְלְאִי תִּמְלְאוּ תִּמְלֶאנָה2
third יִמְלָא תִּמְלָא יִמְלְאוּ תִּמְלֶאנָה2
imperative מְלָא מִלְאִי מִלְאוּ מְלֶאנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced מָלֵאתֶם and מָלֵאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Further reading

Verb

מִלֵּא • (milé) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of מילא.

Verb

מֻלָּא • (mulá) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of מולא.

References

  1. ^ English from: Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Harcourt (2004), →ISBN, page 44.
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