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title: כָּלַל — complete · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּלַל (3634), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: complete. BDB 1906: vb. complete, perfect. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּלַל

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«כָּלַל» in the Tanakh 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:** 3634 · **BDB:** כָּלַל

### Glosses

they.perfected (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

complete [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3634/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. complete, perfect [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3634/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. complete, perfect (NH comprehend, include, Pi. complete, כְּלָל a general rule, בִּכְלָל in general; Biblical Aramaic and Syriac Shaph. שׁכלל, ܫܰܟܠܶܠ complete, finish; Assyrian kalâlu iii. 1. 2. complete; Arabic كَلَّ is be wearied, fatigued; Aramaic כְּלִילָא, ܟܠܻܝܠܴܐ is a crown, hence den. אַכְלֵיל, ܟܰܠܶܠ to crown; Ethiopic I. 2 ከለለ to crown, አክሊል a crown, ተክሊል crowning (of bride), nuptials; cf. Arabic إِكْلِيلٌ a crown (Frä 62))— Pf. Ez 27:4 בֹּנַיִךְ כָּֽלְלוּ יָפְיֵךְ thy builders have perfected thy beauty (of Tyre, under fig. of ship), v 11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3634/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.4/)

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בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּ֖ים גְּבוּלָ֑יִךְ בֹּנַ֕יִךְ כָּלְל֖וּ יָפְיֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[were\].in.\[the\] heart of.\[the\].seas territories your builders your they.perfected beauty your

*JPS 1917:* Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

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[Ezekiel 27:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.11/)

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בְּנֵ֧י אַרְוַ֣ד וְחֵילֵ֗ךְ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב וְגַ֨מָּדִ֔ים בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ הָי֑וּ שִׁלְטֵיהֶ֞ם תִּלּ֤וּ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב הֵ֖מָּה כָּלְל֥וּ יָפְיֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the.people of.Arvad and Helech \[were\].on walls your all.around and.\[the\] Gammadites in towers your they.were shields their they.hung.up on walls your all.around they they.perfected beauty your

*JPS 1917:* The men of Arvad and Helech were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty.

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