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kālā כָּלָה ‘to end’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

kālā v
1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to be complete, be at an end
  1a2) to be completed, be finished
  1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled
  1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense)
  1a5) to be spent, be used up
  1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail
  1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed
 1b) (Piel)
  1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish
  1b2) to complete (a period of time)
  1b3) to finish (doing a thing)
  1b4) to make an end, end
  1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass
  1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought)
  1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease
  1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend
  1b9) to destroy, exterminate
 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

Mentioned in Genesis 27:30, 43:2, 17:22, 18:33, 24:15, 21:15, 41:30, 24:22, 6:16, 24:45, 49:33, 2:2, 24:19, 44:12, 2:1, 41:53 Exodus 31:18, 32:12, 39:32, 5:13, 33:5, 33:3, 5:14, 32:10, 40:33, 34:33 Codex Leviticus 16:20, 26:16, 26:44, 23:22, 19:9 Numbers 16:31, 4:15, 17:25, 25:11, 7:1, 16:21, 17:10 Deuteronomy 28:21, 26:12, 7:22, 20:9, 32:45, 31:24, 32:23 Joshua 19:51, 24:20, 10:20, 19:49, 8:24 Judges 3:18, 15:17 1 Samuel 20:9, 2:33, 25:17, 18:1, 3:12, 24:17, 20:7, 15:18, 10:13, 13:10 2 Samuel 13:39, 22:38, 21:5, 11:19, 6:18, 13:36 1 Kings 17:14, 1:41, 6:38, 3:1, 8:54, 22:11, 17:16, 6:9, 7:40, 9:1, 6:14, 7:1 2 Kings 13:19, 10:25, 13:17 Isaiah 31:3, 21:16, 29:20, 49:4, 24:13, 32:10, 10:25, 16:4, 27:10, 10:18, 15:6, 1:28 Jeremiah 9:15, 51:63, 16:4, 49:37, 14:6, 14:12, 44:27, 10:25, 26:8, 43:1, 5:3, 8:20, 20:18 Ezekiel 20:8, 20:13, 20:21, 22:31, 43:27, 5:12, 43:23, 13:15, 4:8, 13:14, 4:6, 5:13, 7:8, 42:15, 6:12 Hosea 11:6 Amos 7:2 Zechariah 5:4 Malachi 3:6 Psalms 37:20, 18:38, 59:14, 71:9, 143:7, 84:3, 69:4, 73:26, 119:82, 119:123, 31:11, 39:11, 119:87, 90:7, 78:33, 71:13, 72:20, 119:81, 90:9, 74:11, 102:4 Proverbs 5:11, 22:8, 16:30 Job 4:9, 11:20, 9:22, 31:16, 36:11, 19:27, 7:6, 17:5, 33:21, 7:9 Ruth 3:18, 3:3, 2:21, 2:23 Lamentations 2:22, 4:11, 4:17, 2:11, 3:22 Esther 7:7 Daniel 11:16, 12:7, 11:36 Ezra 1:1, 10:17, 9:14, 9:1 Nehemiah 3:34 1 Chronicles 28:20, 16:2, 27:24 2 Chronicles 29:17, 29:34, 36:22, 31:1, 8:8, 20:23, 7:1, 18:10, 4:11, 24:10, 7:11, 24:14, 29:29, 8:16, 31:7, 29:28

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