Midvash

כּוּלkûwl

כּוּל: comprehend, contain

Pronunciation: kool · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3557

Meanings

Qal: hath comprehended (Isaiah 40:12)

Pilpel: sustain, maintain, contain (2 Samuel 19:33; 1 Kings 18:4; Nehemiah 9:21)

1. sustain, support, nourish (Genesis 45:11; Genesis 50:21; 2 Samuel 19:33)

2. contain (1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:5; 2 Chronicles 6:18)

3. support, endure (Proverbs 18:14; Malachi 3:2; Psalms 112:5)

Polpal: were supplied with food (1 Kings 20:27)

Hiph`il: contain, hold, hold in, endure (1 Kings 7:26; Jeremiah 6:11)

1. contain, hold in (1 Kings 7:26; 1 Kings 7:38; 2 Chronicles 4:5)

2. sustain, endure (Amos 7:10; Jeremiah 10:10; Joel 2:11)

כִּלְכֵּל: see below כול

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 38 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 45:11 I will take care of you there, for there are still five years of famine ahead of us. Otherwise you, your household, and all your animals will starve.’”
  • Genesis 47:12 And Joseph provided food for his father and his brothers in amounts appropriate to the number of their dependents, including the smallest children.
  • Genesis 50:21 No, don’t be afraid. I will continue to take care of you and your children.” So he reassured them by speaking kindly to them.
  • Ruth 4:15 May he restore your youth and care for you in your old age. For he is the son of your daughter-in-law who loves you and has been better to you than seven sons!”
  • 2 Samuel 19:32 He was very old—eighty years of age—and very wealthy. He was the one who had provided food for the king during his stay in Mahanaim.
  • 2 Samuel 19:33 “Come across with me and live in Jerusalem,” the king said to Barzillai. “I will take care of you there.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).