כלא

Aramaic

Verb

כלא • (transliteration needed)

  1. to stop, to cease, to pause
  2. to hinder, to restrain, to forbid

Hebrew

Root
כ־ל־א (k-l-ʾ)
5 terms

Noun

כֶּלֶא • (kéle) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. prison, jail
    בכלא ― b'kéle ― in jail

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Verb

כָּלָא • (kalá) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִכְלָא)

  1. (transitive) To jail, to lock up, to hold (someone) prisoner.

Conjugation

Conjugation of כָּלָא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לכלוא / לִכְלֹא
action noun כְּלִיאָה
passive participle כָּלוּא
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first כָּלָאתִי כָּלָאנוּ
second כָּלָאתָ כָּלָאת כְּלָאתֶם1 כְּלָאתֶן1
third כָּלָא כָּלְאָה כָּלְאוּ
present כּוֹלֵא כּוֹלֵאת כּוֹלְאִים כּוֹלְאוֹת
future first אֶכְלָא נִכְלָא
second תִּכְלָא תִּכְלְאִי תִּכְלְאוּ תִּכְלֶאנָה2
third יִכְלָא תִּכְלָא יִכְלְאוּ תִּכְלֶאנָה2
imperative כְּלָא כִּלְאִי כִּלְאוּ כְּלֶאנָה2

1 Pronounced כָּלָאתֶם and כָּלָאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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