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כְּלָל

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Kelal

H3636 noun

SILEX Entry

Root כָּלַל to complete, to perfect, to finish

Definition

A personal name appearing in post-exilic biblical texts, most likely meaning 'fullness,' 'completeness,' or 'perfection,' derived from a root indicating wholeness or completion. Used exclusively as a proper noun for an individual, not as a common noun or adjective.

Semantic Range

personal name, wholeness, completeness, perfection (as implied in naming context)

Root / Etymology

From the root כָּלַל (k-l-l), which primarily means 'to complete, finish, perfect.' The form כְּלָל is a masculine proper noun constructed from the root, signifying 'completeness' or 'perfection.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

כְּלָל appears in Ezra 10:30 as the name of an Israelite in the post-exilic period. The use as a personal name may indicate a wish for the qualities of completeness or perfection to be associated with the bearer, but does not imply the term had wider lexical use in ancient Hebrew outside of the personal name context. The base root כָּלַל gives rise to several related words with meanings of completeness or perfection, but כְּלָל as a standalone form is restricted in biblical usage. In post-biblical Hebrew, the noun כלל (kelal) comes to mean 'rule, general principle,' a sense absent in the biblical period. Although English translations sometimes use the spelling 'Chelal' or 'Kelal,' these are transliterations aiming to approximate the Hebrew pronunciation. Modern English Bibles may not capture the word's root associations with wholeness. There is no direct equivalence with later ethnonyms such as 'Jew.'

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from כָּלַל; complete; Kelal, an Israelite; Chelal.

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Root Family

כלל (k-l-l) — to complete, to perfect, to finish

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H3557 כּוּל and whole-of
H3605 כֹּל in the entirety
H3606 כֹּל in the entirety of
H3618 כַּלָּה newly-completed bride
H3626 כׇּל־חֹזֶה entirety of

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H3636-01 וּ/כְלָ֑ל ukhelal HC/Np and Chelal and Completeness 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H3636-01 Ezra 10:30 וּ/כְלָ֑ל ukhelal HC/Np and Chelal and Completeness
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