מילא

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
מ־ל־א (m-l-ʾ)

From the root מ־ל־א (m-l-ʾ), forming words relating to fullness or completeness. Compare with מָלֵא (malé, full).

Verb

מילא / מִלֵּא (milé) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, passive counterpart מולא / מֻלָּא)

  1. (transitive) To fill (something) up, to make (something) full.
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 6:11:
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      וּבָתִּים מְלֵאִים כָּל־טוּב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מִלֵּאתָ
      uvatím m'le'ím kol tuv asher lo milléta
      and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill
    • יוני כלוך, עמוק בתוך הים
      גלים גלים, יעלו על הגגות והבתים, יְמַלְּאוּ את הרחוב נהר גדול, וזה הכל

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Unknown. Originates from מִמֵּילָא (mímeilá, "by/of itself"), a Talmudic hapax legomenon.

Interjection

מֵילָא (meilá)

  1. (colloquial) oh well, whatever
Derived terms