Midvash

כָּלִילkâlîyl

entire, whole, holocaust

Pronunciation: kaw-leel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3632

Meanings

1. entire, perfect (Ezekiel 16:14; Ezekiel 28:12; Ezekiel 27:3)

2.

a. entirety, whole (Exodus 28:31; Exodus 39:22; Numbers 4:6)

b. entire- or whole -offering, holocaust, as a sacrificial term, of a sacrifice consumed wholly on the altar (Deuteronomy 33:10; Psalms 51:21; 1 Samuel 7:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 28:31 “Make the robe that is worn with the ephod from a single piece of blue cloth,
  • Exodus 39:22 Bezalel made the robe that is worn with the ephod from a single piece of blue woven cloth,
  • Leviticus 6:22 In each generation, the high priest who succeeds Aaron must prepare this same offering. It belongs to the Lord and must be burned up completely. This is a permanent law.
  • Leviticus 6:23 All such grain offerings of a priest must be burned up entirely. None of it may be eaten.”
  • Numbers 4:6 Then they must cover the inner curtain with fine goatskin leather and spread over that a single piece of blue cloth. Finally, they must put the carrying poles of the Ark in place.
  • Deuteronomy 13:16 Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the open square and burn it. Burn the entire town as a burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt.
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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).