• כָּלָה S 3615, 3617 TWOT 982, 982a GK 3983, 3986 n.f. completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation ; always this form;— 1. completion , but only as adv. , and dubious: completely, altogether Gn 18:21 ( J ; read כֻּלָּם Ol Kau Buh l), Ex 11:1 ( si vera l. ) 2. complete destruction, consumption, annihilation: a. almost always by God, especially עָשָׂה כ׳ Is 10:23 ( + וְנֶחֱרָצָה ), Na 1:8 (2 acc. , si vera l. ; Buhl ^ZAW 1885, 181 proposes בְּקָמָיו for מְקֹומָהּ v. Id. ^{HWB 12} Kau AT , Text Krit. Erläut. p. 65 ; v. also מָקוֹם sub קום ), v 9 Je 4:27 Ne 9:31 (2 acc. ); + אֵת pers. = with , pergn. sense, = in dealing with ( cf. II. אֵת 1 d ), Zp 1:18 ( כ׳ אַךְ נִבְהָלָה ), Je 5:18 ; 30:11 = 46:28 ( אֹתְךָ = אִתְּךָ ), Ez 11:13 ; 20:17 ( אֹותָם = אִתָּם ); + בְּכָל־גֹּויִם Je 30:1 1; 46:28 ; without עשׂה : כ׳ וְנֶחֱרָצָה שָׁמַעְתִּי Is 28:2 2, עַד־כ׳ וְנ׳ Dn 9:27 (on both cf. Is 10:23 Zp 1:1 8); לְכָלָה for annihilation Ez 13:13 ( si vera l. ,
v. C o), וְלֹא לְהַשְׁחִית לְכ׳ 2 Ch 12:1 2. b. by men, תַּעֲשׂוּ וְכ׳ אַל־ Je 5:10 ; וְכ׳ בְיָדֹו Dn 11:16 and (i.e. with ) annihilation in his hand .

• [ כָּלֶה S 3616 TWOT 982b GK 3985 ] adj. failing with desire, longing, only fpl.

וְעֵינֶיךָ רֹאֹות וְכָלֹות אֲלֵיהֶם Dt 28:32 while thine eyes look and fail longingly for them ( cf. vb. כלה Qal 2 b , and כִּלָּיוֹן infr .)

• כלוהי K t, כְּלוּהוּ S 3622 GK 3993 Qr n.pr.m. ( ^{? √ I.} כלה ) —one of those who had strange wives Ezr 10:35 , Ö Χελκεια , A Χελια , Ö L Χελιασουβ .

• כִּלָּיֹון S 3631 TWOT 982c GK 4001 n.m. 1. failing, pining; 2. annihilation ( on format. cf. Lag ^{BN 200}) ;— 1. cstr. כִּלְיֹון עֵינַיִם Dt 28:65 failing of eyes (in longing, cf. foregoing, and v. D r). 2. כִּלָּיֹון חָרוּץ Is 10:22 annihilation, strictly decided.

f. feminine, feminae. adv. adverb.

Ol J. Olshausen. Kau E. Kautzsch. Buhl Frants Buhl, esp. as editor of eds. ^12-14 of Geseniuss Handwörterbuch über das A. T .;

ZAW Z. f. alttest. Wissenschaft . Co C. H. Cornill.