כילה

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
⁧כ־ל־ה⁩ (k-l-h)

Verb

⁧כילה / כִּלָּה⁩ • (kilá) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, infinitive ⁧לְכַלּוֹת⁩, passive counterpart ⁧כולה / כֻּלָּה⁩)

  1. (literary) to finish, end, complete
    • Tanach, Genesis 2:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      • ⁧וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה׃⁩
        vay'khál 'elohím bayóm hash'vi'í m'lakhtó 'ashér 'asá vayishbót bayóm hash'vi'í mikol-m'lakhtó 'ashér 'asá.
        wayəḵal ʾĕlōhīm bayyōm haššəḇīʿī məlaḵtō ʾăšer ʿāśā wayyišbōṯ bayyōm haššəḇīʿī mikkol-məlaḵtō ʾăšer ʿāśā.
        And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
  2. to eliminate, annihilate, destroy completely
    • Haggadah
      ⁧וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ / שֶׁלֹּא אֶחָד בִּלְבָד עָמַד עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ / אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ / וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם⁩
      And this is what has stood by our forefathers and by us / For not one alone has stood against us to destroy us / But in every generation they stand against us to destroy us / And the Holy One Blessed Be He saves us from their hand.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ⁧כילה / כִּלָּה⁩ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: ⁧לְכַלּוֹת⁩
  • action noun: ⁧כילוי / כִּלּוּי⁩
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first ⁧כיליתי / כִּלִּיתִי⁩⁧כילינו / כִּלִּינוּ⁩
second ⁧כילית / כִּלִּיתָ⁩⁧כילית / כִּלִּית⁩⁧כיליתם / כִּלִּיתֶם⁩⁧כיליתן / כִּלִּיתֶן⁩
third ⁧כילה / כִּלָּה⁩⁧כילתה / כִּלְּתָה⁩⁧כילו / כִּלּוּ⁩
present ⁧מְכַלֶּה⁩⁧מְכַלָּה⁩⁧מְכַלִּים⁩⁧מְכַלּוֹת⁩
future first ⁧אֲכַלֶּה⁩⁧נְכַלֶּה⁩
second ⁧תְּכַלֶּה⁩⁧תְּכַלִּי⁩⁧תְּכַלּוּ⁩⁧תְּכַלֶּינָה⁩1
third ⁧יְכַלֶּה⁩⁧תְּכַלֶּה⁩⁧יְכַלּוּ⁩⁧תְּכַלֶּינָה⁩1
imperative ⁧כַּלֵּה⁩⁧כַּלִּי⁩⁧כַּלּוּ⁩⁧כַּלֶּינָה⁩1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2
Root
⁧כ־ל־ל⁩ (k-l-l)

Noun

⁧כילה / כִּלָּה⁩ • (kilá) f

  1. mosquito net hung over a bed

References
  • “⁧כילה⁩” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading
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