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title: כלל — complete · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: כלל (lemma:כלל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: complete. BDB 1906: vb. complete Ishtaph. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כלל

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«כלל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **complete** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:כלל · **BDB:** כְּלַל

### Glosses

they.will.be.finished (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

complete [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5dc_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. complete Ishtaph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5dc_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. complete (v. BH I. \[כָּלַל\]; but שַׁכ׳ perhaps loan-word from Assyrian šuklulu, ušaklil, uštaklil, DlWB 331, cf. שֵׁיזִב, שֵׁיצֵא and Buhl14);— of building: Pf. 3 ms. sf. שַׁכְלְלֵהּ Ezr 5:11 he finished it; 3 mpl. שַׁכְלִלוּ 6:14, also (c. acc. rei) 4:12 (Kt שׁורי אשׁכללו, read Qr) שׁוּרַיָּא שׁ׳; Inf. לְהַשְׁכְּלָלָה, acc. rei 5:3, 9. Ishtaph. be completed, of walls; Impf. 3 mpl. יִשְׁתַּכְלְלוּן 4:13, 16.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כלל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5dc_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.13/)

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כְּעַ֗ן יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן מִנְדָּֽה־בְל֤וֹ וַהֲלָךְ֙ לָ֣א יִנְתְּנ֔וּן וְאַפְּתֹ֥ם מַלְכִ֖ים תְּהַנְזִֽק׃

*Word for word:* now known let.it.be to the king (diy).that if the city this it.will.be.built and the walls they.will.be.finished tribute tax and toll not they.will.give and eventually kings it.will.injure

*JPS 1917:* Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, impost, or toll, and so thou wilt endamage the revenue of the kings.

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[Ezra 4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.16/)

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מְהוֹדְעִ֤ין אֲנַ֙חְנָה֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן לָקֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה חֲלָק֙ בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔א לָ֥א אִיתַ֖י לָֽךְ׃פ

*Word for word:* \[are\].making.known we to the king (diy).that if the city this it.will.be.built and the walls they.will.be.finished (to) before this possession in the.region.beyond the river not there \[will be\].to.you

*JPS 1917:* We announce to the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.'

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