See also: כּלל and כּלל־

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Etymology

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Root
כ־ל־ל (k-l-l)

From the root כ־ל־ל (k-l-l).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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כְּלָל (k'lálm (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.

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Adverb

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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

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כָּלַל (kalál) (pa'al construction, passive participle כָּלוּל, passive counterpart נִכְלַל)

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

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