כלל

See also: כּלל and כּלל־

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ל־ל (k-l-l)
12 terms

Pronunciation

  • (כְּלָל, k'lál):
    • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /klal/
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  • (כָּלַל, kalál):

Noun

כְּלָל • (k'lálm (plural indefinite כְּלָלִים, singular construct כְּלַל־, plural construct כְּלָלֵי־)

  1. A rule, a norm: a normative specification of desirable behavior.
    בבית משפט קיימים כללי התנהגות ברורים.b'vét-mishpát kayamím k'lalé-hitnahagút b'rurím.In a court of law there are clear rules of behavior.
  2. A rule, a generality: a positive description of common behavior.
  3. The members of a group, taken as a whole.
    לאסיפה הגיעו כלל הסטודנטים.la'asifá higí'u k'lál-hastudéntim.The student body came to the assembly.

Derived terms

Adverb

כְּלָל • (k'lál)

  1. at all
    • c. 1800, Nachman of Breslov:
      כל העולם כולו גשר צר מאוד, והעיקר לא לפחד כלל.
      kól ha'olám kuló gésher tsar m'ód, v'ha'ikár lo l'fákhed k'lál.
      The entire world is a very narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to have any fear at all.

Verb

כָּלַל • (kalál) (pa'al construction, passive participle כָּלוּל, passive counterpart נִכְלַל)

  1. To include (something) (in a group).
  2. (of a group) To include (something).

Conjugation

Conjugation of כָּלַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לכלול / לִכְלֹל
action noun כְּלִילָה
passive participle כָּלוּל
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first כָּלַלְתִּי כָּלַלְנוּ
second כָּלַלְתָּ כָּלַלְתְּ כְּלַלְתֶּם1 כְּלַלְתֶּן1
third כָּלַל כָּלְלָה כָּלְלוּ
present כּוֹלֵל כּוֹלֶלֶת כּוֹלְלִים כּוֹלְלוֹת
future first אֶכְלַל נִכְלַל
second תִּכְלַל תִּכְלְלִי תִּכְלְלוּ תִּכְלַלְנָה2
third יִכְלַל תִּכְלַל יִכְלְלוּ תִּכְלַלְנָה2
imperative כְּלַל כִּלְלִי כִּלְלוּ כְּלַלְנָה2

1 Pronounced כָּלַלְתֶּם and כָּלַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms