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Psalms 72:20
“The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כָּלָהkâlâh · kaw-law'
H3615 · Hebrew
H3615 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
- Grammar
- כָּלּ֥וּ — verb Pual, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 205 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:1Genesis 2:2Genesis 6:16Genesis 17:22Genesis 18:33
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 כָּלָה 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.