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kᵊlīʾ כְּלִיא ‘prison’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kālāʾ כָּלָא ‘to restrain’, compare keleʾ כֶּ֫לֶא ‘prison’
Roots: כלא

kᵊlīʾ n, m
1) imprisonment

Mentioned in Jeremiah 52:31, 37:4

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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