כלא

כלי, כָּלָא, כָּלָה(b. h.; v. כָּלַל) 1) to enclose; to restrain, keep back. Midr. Till. to Ps. 113 לִכְלוֹת את המכהוכ׳ to ward this plague off from thee. Midd. IV, 6 כֹּלֵה עֹרֵב ‘keeping off the raven, an arrangement of iron points on the roof of the Temple; Sabb.90a כּוֹלֵי עורב (pl.) Ms. M. (ed. כַּלְיָיא ch.; 5. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Men.107a כולי Ms. M. (ed. כַּלְיָה); M. Kat. 9a כולי Ms. M. (ed. כליא); Arakh.6a כליה.Part. pass. כָּלוּי. Y.Naz.II, beg.51d כ׳ אני ממנו I will be restrained from it (for ‘I will abstain). 2) (cmp. שלם) to be full, to be finished, to cease. Ber.39a צריך שתִּכְלֶה ברכהוכ׳ the benediction must be finished simultaneously with breaking the bread. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 5 כבר כָּלוּ ישראלוכ׳ Israel would have ceased to exist; (Pesik. Shek., p. 13b> היו … מְכוּלִּין, v. infra). Snh.97b כלו כל הקצין all the predicted terms of redemption are ended (have passed by); a. fr.(Pesik. R. s. 12 מת וכלה בקבר, read: וכלה.Part. (fr. כּוּל, cmp. חוּל, part. חולות a. חלות) כָּל. Snh.17a (ref. to כלאם, Num. 11:28) הטל … והן כָּלִין מאליהם throw upon them the care for the public, and they will cease (to prophesy) of themselves; a. fr. Pi. כִּלָּה 1) to finish, cease. Yoma 60b (ref to Lev. 16:20) אם כפר כ׳ when he has atoned (for the sanctuary ), he has finished (his task). Ib. אם כ׳ כפר when he has done all (the prescribed ritual), he has achieved atonement; Sifra Aḥăré ch. IV, Par. 4; a. e.Tanḥ. Vayetse 2 מְכַלִּין את שדותיהן they reap their fields entirely (leaving no corners for the poor). Snh.67b כַּלֵּה מִדַּבְּרוֹתֶיךָ ולךוכ׳ (some ed. כלך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) cease from thy homiletical interpretations, and turn to ; Midr. Till. to Ps. 104:6; Ex. R. s. 10, v. כַּלֵּךְ. 2) to finish, destroy. Y.Shek.VI, 50b top (ref. to מכלות, 2 Chr. 4:21) הן כִּילּוּוכ׳ they (these vessels) consumed all the gold (of the country); Men.29a שכִּילַּתּוֹוכ׳ it consumed Pesik. R. s. 2 שכי׳ אותהוכ׳ whom the Lord destroyed. Num. R. s. 3 היה הארון מְכַלֶּה בבניוכ׳ the Ark made havoc among the sons of Kehath (who had charge of it; cmp. 2 Sam. 6:7). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, s.2 לכַלָּן to destroy them. Y. Ḥag.II, 78a bot. (cited in Tosaf. to Ḥag.17b a. v. אלא) ובלבד שיְכַלֶּה עיסתו (ed. שיבלים) provided he has used up all his dough for the day; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּלֶּה, pl. מְכוּלִּין. Pesik. Shek., p. 13b> כבר היו ישראל מ׳וכ׳ Israel would then have been destroyed; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְכַּלֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְכַּלֶּה to be destroyed, visited by death. Num. R. s. 5 היו מִתְכַּלִּין they were diminished. Ib. שלא יִתְכַּלּוּ מןוכ׳ that they may not be destroyed from the world. Ib. s. 3 לא נ׳וכ׳ not one of them was missing on being counted ; a. e.