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title: כָּלֶה — failing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּלֶה (3616), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: failing. BDB 1906: adj. failing Qal. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּלֶה

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«כָּלֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **failing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3616 · **BDB:** כָּלֶה

### Glosses

longing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

failing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3616/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. failing Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3616/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. failing with desire, longing, only fpl. וְעֵינֶיךָ רֹאוֹת וְכָלוֹת אֲלֵיהֶם Dt 28:32 while thine eyes look and fail longingly for them (cf. vb. כלה Qal 2 b, and כִּלָּיוֹן infr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּלֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3616/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.32/)

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בָּנֶ֨יךָ וּבְנֹתֶ֜יךָ נְתֻנִ֨ים לְעַ֤ם אַחֵר֙ וְעֵינֶ֣יךָ רֹא֔וֹת וְכָל֥וֹת אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם וְאֵ֥ין לְאֵ֖ל יָדֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* sons your and daughters your \[will.be\].given to a.people another and eyes your \[will.be\].looking and longing to them all the day and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] to the.power your.hand your

*JPS 1917:* Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day; and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.

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