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keleʾ כֶּ֫לֶא ‘prison’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kālāʾ כָּלָא ‘to restrain’
Roots: כלא

keleʾ n, m
1) imprisonment, confinement, restraint

Mentioned in 1 Kings 22:27 2 Kings 25:27, 25:29, 17:4 Isaiah 42:22, 42:7 Jeremiah 52:33, 37:18, 37:15 2 Chronicles 18:26

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