כלה

See also: כּלה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
כ־ל־ל (k-l-l)

From the root כ־ל־ל

Noun

כַּלָּה • (kalá) f (plural indefinite כַּלּוֹת, singular construct כַּלַּת־, plural construct כַּלּוֹת־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

1. A bride.
2. A daughter-in-law.

References

• H3618 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “כלה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

See also

• חָתָן (khatán)
• חֲתֻנָּה (khatuná)

Etymology 2

From the root כ־ל־ה

Root
כ־ל־ה (k-l-h)

Verb

כָּלָה • (kalá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. (flowery) to be finished, to be over, to be done, to be completed
2. (flowery) to have run out

Conjugation

Conjugation of כָּלָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לִכְלוֹת action noun: — passive participle: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	כָּלִיתִי		כָּלִינוּ
	second	כָּלִיתָ	כָּלִית	כְּלִיתֶם1	כְּלִיתֶן1
	third	כָּלָה	כָּלְתָה	כָּלוּ
present		כָּלֶה	כָּלָה	כָּלִים	כָּלוֹת
future	first	אֶכְלֶה		נִכְלֶה
	second	תִּכְלֶה	תִּכְלִי	תִּכְלוּ	תִּכְלֶינָה2
	third	יִכְלֶה	תִּכְלֶה	יִכְלוּ	תִּכְלֶינָה2
imperative		כְּלֵה	כְּלִי	כְּלוּ	כְּלֶינָה2
notes		Pronounced כָּלִיתֶם and כָּלִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.