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kālāʾ כָּלָא ‘to restrain’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

kālāʾ v
1) to restrict, restrain, withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to shut up
  1a2) to restrain
  1a3) to withhold
 1b) (Niphal) to be restrained
 1c) (Piel) to finish

Mentioned in Genesis 23:6, 8:2 Exodus 36:6 Numbers 11:28 1 Samuel 6:10, 25:33 Isaiah 43:6 Jeremiah 32:2, 32:3 Ezekiel 31:15 Haggai 1:10 Psalms 40:12, 119:101, 40:10, 88:9 Ecclesiastes 8:8 Daniel 9:24

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