מָלֵא

מָלֵאII m., מְלֵאָה, מְלֵיאָה f. (b. h.) full. Ab. IV, 20 יש … מ׳ ישן many a new vessel is full of old wine (many a young man is full of wisdom). Meg.6a (ref. to Ez. 26:2) אם מ׳ זו חרבה זו when one (of the two cities, Jerusalem and Caesarea) is full, the other is waste; a. fr.Esp. a full month, of thirty days. Bekh.58a זימנין מ׳וכ׳ at times (in some years) it is full, at times defective, v. חָסֵר; a. fr.Pl. מְלֵאִים, מְלֵאִין, מְלֵי׳; f. מְלֵאֹות, מְלֵי׳. Ber.57a; Erub.19a, a. e. מ׳ מצות כרמון are full of good deeds as a pomegranate (is full of seeds); a. fr.מְלֵאָה as a noun, v. מְלֵיאָה.