כלא

Aramaic

Verb

כלא • (transliteration needed)

  1. to stop, to cease, to pause
  2. to hinder, to restrain, to forbid

Hebrew

Root
כ־ל־א (k-l-ʾ)
5 terms

Noun

כֶּלֶא • (kéle) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. prison, jail
    בכלא ― b'kéle ― in jail

Declension

Declension of כֶּלֶא
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite כֶּלֶא first כִּלְאִי כִּלְאֵנוּ
definite הַכֶּלֶא second כִּלְאֲךָ כִּלְאֵךְ כִּלְאֲכֶם כִּלְאֲכֶן
construct כֶּלֶא־ third כִּלְאוֹ כִּלְאָהּ כִּלְאָם כִּלְאָן
plural indefinite כְּלָאִים first כלאיי / כְּלָאַי כְּלָאֵינוּ
definite הַכְּלָאִים second כְּלָאֶיךָ כלאייך / כְּלָאַיִךְ כִּלְאֵיכֶם כִּלְאֵיכֶן
construct כִּלְאֵי־ third כְּלָאָיו כְּלָאֶיהָ כִּלְאֵיהֶם כִּלְאֵיהֶן

Synonyms

References

Verb

כָּלָא • (kalá) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִכְלָא)

  1. (transitive) To jail, to lock up, to hold (someone) prisoner.

Conjugation

Conjugation of כָּלָא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לכלוא / לִכְלֹא
action noun כְּלִיאָה
passive participle כָּלוּא
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first כָּלָאתִי כָּלָאנוּ
second כָּלָאתָ כָּלָאת כְּלָאתֶם1 כְּלָאתֶן1
third כָּלָא כָּלְאָה כָּלְאוּ
present כּוֹלֵא כּוֹלֵאת כּוֹלְאִים כּוֹלְאוֹת
future first אֶכְלָא נִכְלָא
second תִּכְלָא תִּכְלְאִי תִּכְלְאוּ תִּכְלֶאנָה2
third יִכְלָא תִּכְלָא יִכְלְאוּ תִּכְלֶאנָה2
imperative positive כְּלָא כִּלְאִי כִּלְאוּ כְּלֶאנָה2
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Pronounced כָּלָאתֶם and כָּלָאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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