כלה

See also: כּלה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
כ־ל־ל (k-l-l)
12 terms

Deriving from the root כָּלַל (kalál, “to put a crown upon, to crown”), as a bride used to be crowned with a chaplet during the wedding ceremony.

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kalˈlɔː/ [kʰalˈlɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kalˈlɔ/ [kʰælˈlɔː]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈla/ (West), /kalˈla/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈlɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈla/

Noun

כַּלָּה • (kalá) f (plural indefinite כַּלּוֹת, singular construct כַּלַּת־, plural construct כַּלּוֹת־, masculine counterpart חָתָן) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

1. bride
   • Tanach, Song of Songs 4:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתוֹתַיִךְ כַּלָּה דְּבַשׁ וְחָלָב תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנֵךְ וְרֵיחַ שַׂלְמֹתַיִךְ כְּרֵיחַ לְבָנוֹן׃

     Thy lips, O my bride, drop honey— Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

2. daughter-in-law

Declension

Declension of כַּלָּה

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	כַּלָּה	first	כַּלָּתִי		כַּלָּתֵנוּ
	definite	הַכַּלָּה	second	כַּלָּתְךָ	כַּלָּתֵךְ	כַּלַּתְכֶם	כַּלַּתְכֶן
	construct	כַּלַּת־	third	כַּלָּתוֹ	כַּלָּתָהּ	כַּלָּתָם	כַּלָּתָן
plural	indefinite	כַּלּוֹת	first	כלותיי / כַּלּוֹתַי		כַּלּוֹתֵינוּ
	definite	הַכַּלּוֹת	second	כַּלּוֹתֶיךָ	כלותייך / כַּלּוֹתַיִךְ	כַּלּוֹתֵיכֶם	כַּלּוֹתֵיכֶן
	construct	כַּלּוֹת־	third	כַּלּוֹתָיו	כַּלּוֹתֶיהָ	כַּלּוֹתָם	כַּלּוֹתָן

See also

• חתונה / חֲתֻנָּה (khatuná)

References

• H3618 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “כַּלָּה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 277a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 639b
• “כלה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Etymology 2

From the root כ־ל־ה

Root
כ־ל־ה (k-l-h)
4 terms

Verb

כָּלָה • (kalá) (pa'al construction)

1. (flowery) to be finished, to be over, to be done, to be completed
2. (flowery) to have run out

Conjugation

Conjugation of כָּלָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לִכְלוֹת
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	כָּלִיתִי		כָּלִינוּ
	second	כָּלִיתָ	כָּלִית	כְּלִיתֶם1	כְּלִיתֶן1
	third	כָּלָה	כָּלְתָה	כָּלוּ
present		כָּלֶה	כָּלָה	כָּלִים	כָּלוֹת
future	first	אֶכְלֶה		נִכְלֶה
	second	תִּכְלֶה	תִּכְלִי	תִּכְלוּ	תִּכְלֶינָה2
	third	יִכְלֶה	תִּכְלֶה	יִכְלוּ	תִּכְלֶינָה2
imperative		כְּלֵה	כְּלִי	כְּלוּ	כְּלֶינָה2

¹ Pronounced כָּלִיתֶם and כָּלִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

כִּלָּה • (kilá) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of כילה

Etymology 3

Noun

כִּלָּה • (kilá) f

1. defective spelling of כילה

References

• “כלה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language