כָּלָאkâlâʼ

shut up, restrain, withhold

Pronunciation: kaw-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3607

Meanings

Qal

1. shut up (1 Samuel 6:10; Jeremiah 32:3; Jeremiah 32:2)

2. restrain (1 Samuel 25:33; Psalms 119:101; Numbers 11:28)

3. withhold (Genesis 23:6; Psalms 40:12; Haggai 1:10)

Niph`al: was restrained (Genesis 8:2; Ezekiel 31:15; Exodus 36:6)

Pi`el: see כלה Pi`el

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 8:2 The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped.
  • Genesis 23:6 “Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way.”
  • Exodus 36:6 So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don’t prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.
  • Numbers 11:28 Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested, “Moses, my master, make them stop!”
  • 1 Samuel 6:10 So these instructions were carried out. Two cows were hitched to the cart, and their newborn calves were shut up in a pen.
  • 1 Samuel 25:33 Thank God for your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murder and from carrying out vengeance with my own hands.
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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).