Wiktionary

כלל

See also: כּלל and כּלל־

Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Root
כ־ל־ל (k-l-l)

From the root כ־ל־ל (k-l-l).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

כְּלָל • (k'lál) m (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'véit-mishpát kayamím k'laléi-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.
  4. (כְּלַל־, k'lál) Singular construct state form of כְּלָל‎.

Derived terms edit

Adverb edit

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 edit

כָּלַל • (kalál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive participle כָּלוּל, passive counterpart נִכְלַל)

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

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of כָּלַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
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
notes
  1. Pronounced כָּלַלְתֶּם and כָּלַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms edit

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