כילה

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Root
כ־ל־ה (k-l-h)

Verb

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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
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Etymology 2

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Root
כ־ל־ל (k-l-l)

Noun

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כילה / כִּלָּה (kiláf

  1. mosquito net hung over a bed

References

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

Further reading

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