Original Language Studio
Genesis 29:27
“Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָלֵאmâlêʼ · maw-lay'
H4390 · Hebrew
H4390 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
- Derivation
- or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly.
- Grammar
- מַלֵּ֖א — verb Piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 250 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:22Genesis 1:28Genesis 6:11Genesis 6:13Genesis 9:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָלֵא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.