- כְּלָיָיה
- כְּלָיָיהf. (כָּלָה) destruction, diminution, extinction. Ab. V, 8 רעב של כ׳ a destructive famine (general miscrop). Y.Ber.II, 5c bot. Snh.63a נתחייבו שונאיהם … כ׳ the enemies of Israel (censorial change רשעיהם, euphem. for Israel) would have been condemned to destruction. Gen. R. s. 10 אין ויכלו … לשון כ׳ vaykhullu (Gen. 2:1) has the meaning of affliction, of diminution (ref. to the reduction of the planetary courses after Adams sin). Ib. s. 49 (expl. כלה, Gen. 18:21) כ׳ הן חייבין they deserve extinction; (Targ. Y. II Gen. l. c. כַּלַּיָּיה עבדו גמירא, read: עבדו כְּלָיָיה גמירא). Mekh. Bshall., Shirah, s.5 גמרת … כ׳ thou hast passed the verdict of destruction ; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.