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kūl כּוּל ‘to sustain’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

kūl v
1) to seize, contain, measure
 1a)(Qal) to measure, calculate
 1b) (Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain
  1b1) to sustain, support, nourish
  1b2) to contain, hold in, restrain
  1b3) to support, endure
 1c) (Polpal) to be supplied
 1d) (Hilpil) to contain, hold, hold in, endure
  1d1) to contain
  1d2) to sustain, endure

Mentioned in Genesis 47:12, 50:21, 45:11 2 Samuel 19:33, 19:34, 20:3 1 Kings 18:13, 4:7, 7:38, 18:4, 5:7, 8:27, 17:9, 7:26, 20:27, 8:64, 17:4 Isaiah 40:12 Jeremiah 6:11, 10:10, 20:9, 2:13 Ezekiel 23:32 Joel 2:11 Amos 7:10 Zechariah 11:16 Malachi 3:2 Psalms 112:5, 55:23 Proverbs 18:14 Ruth 4:15 Nehemiah 9:21 2 Chronicles 6:18, 4:5, 2:5, 7:7

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