כילה / כִּלָּה • (kilá) (pi'el construction, infinitive לְכַלּוֹת, passive counterpart כולה / כֻּלָּה)
- (literary) to finish, end, complete
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וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה׃- vay'khál 'elohím bayóm hash'vi'í m'lakhtó 'ashér 'asá vayishbót bayóm hash'vi'í mikol-m'lakhtó 'ashér 'asá.
wayəḵal ʾĕlōhīm bayyōm haššəḇīʿī məlaḵtō ʾăšer ʿāśā wayyišbōṯ bayyōm haššəḇīʿī mikkol-məlaḵtō ʾăšer ʿāśā. - And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
- to eliminate, annihilate, destroy completely
- Haggadah
וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ / שֶׁלֹּא אֶחָד בִּלְבָד עָמַד עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ / אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ / וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם- And this is what has stood by our forefathers and by us / For not one alone has stood against us to destroy us / But in every generation they stand against us to destroy us / And the Holy One Blessed Be He saves us from their hand.
כילה / כִּלָּה • (kilá) f
- mosquito net hung over a bed
- “כילה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language