Strong's Lexicon: H4390 מָלֵא מָלָא

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Strong's Number:	H4390
Word:	מָלֵא מָלָא
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	253
Transliteration:	male
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-lay' (or malae (Esth. 7) v.
Meaning:	1. to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV Renderings:	accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.

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מָלֵא₂₄₉ verb be full, fill (Late Hebrew id. (Pi`el transitive); Zinjirli מלא (Pi`el transitive) DHM^{Sendsch. 60}; Assyrian malû (transitive and intransitive) Dl^{HWB 409}; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2982] (transitive) [untranscribed source text 2983], [untranscribed source text 2984] (intransitive); Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2985] (transitive and intransitive); Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2986] (transitive), מְלָא (intransitive and transitive), Palmyrene proper name מלא = plenitude, Vog^{Palm 7, 2} and others; Sabean מלא Os¹⁴ Levy-Os^{ZMG xix.1863, 211 f.} DHM^{ZMG xxix.1875, 595}); —

Qal₉₉ Perfect ׳ מ Exod 40:34 +; suffix מְלַאוֺ Esth 7:5 מָלֵאתָ Job 36:17 מָלֵאתִי Mic 3:8; Jer 6:11 מָלֵ֫תִי Job 32:18 מָֽלְאוּ Gen 29:21 +; מָלוּ Ezek 28:16 ( מָלֵאתָ) ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Co); מָלֵ֑אוּ Isa 1:15, etc.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular suffix חִמְלָאֵ֣מוֺ Exod 15:9 יִמְלְאוּ Gen 50:3 + 2 t.; וַיִּמְלְאוּ Gen 25:24; Gen 50:3 Imperative מִלְאוּ Gen 1:22 + 5 t.; Infinitive construct מְלֹאת (מְלֹאות) Lev 8:33 + 12 t.; Participle מָלֵא Jer 23:24 מְלֵאִים Isa 6:1 (compare also below מָלֵא adjective ); —

1. be full, usually with accusative material:

a. literally subject houses Exod 8:17; Exod 10:6 (both J ) Judg 16:27; Isa 13:21; 2Chr 5:13, compare Ezek 10:4 (strike out Co ); winepress Joel 4:13 threshing-floor Joel 2:24 vessel 2Kgs 4:6; Job 21:24, etc.; Job 20:22 מְלֹאות (compare מְלֹא), i.e. fulness, abundance.

b. figurative, earth full of violence Gen 6:13, compare Lev 19:29 (both P ), Mic 6:12 ; Isa 1:15 ; Jer 23:10; Jer 51:5; Ps 26:10; Ezek 7:23 (twice in verse); Eccl 9:3, etc.; earth full of glory, mercy, goodness, knowledge, of ׳ מ Ps 33:5; Ps 119:64 ; Isa 11:9 ; Hab 3:3 compare also Ps 48:11; Ps 104:24, etc.; subject נֶפֶשׁ = desire be satisfied (full) with suffix Exod 15:9 ׳ וְדִין רָשָׁע מ Job 36:17 and of judgment on the wicked art thou full (hast thou thy fill), compare Di Du; מָלֵא לֵב לַעֲשׂוֺת רָ֑ע Eccl 8:11 especially of days, years, be full, accomplished, ended, Gen 25:24; Gen 29:21; Gen 50:3 (twice in verse) ( J E ); Lev 8:33 ; Lev 12:4 ; Lev 12:6; Lev 25:30 ; Num 6:5; Num 6:13 ( P ); 1Sam 18:26; 2Sam 7:12; Jer 25:12; Jer 29:10; Lam 4:18; Ezek 5:2; 1Chr 17:11; Esth 1:5; Esth 2:12; Dan 10:3 compare also with other subject (literally) Jer 25:34; Isa 40:2.

2. transitive fill, of populating sea and earth Gen 1:22; Gen 1:28; Gen 9:1 (all P ); consecrate מִלְאוּ יֶדְכֶם ליהוה; (literally fill the hand) Exod 32:29 (compare below); especially of glory of ׳ י filling tabernacle and temple; Exod 40:34; Exod 40:35 ( P ) 1Kgs 8:10 ; 1Kgs 8:11 , compare Isa 6:1 see also Jer 23:24 , especially literal Ezek 10:3; Ezek 43:5; Ezek 44:4; 2Chr 5:14; 2Chr 7:1; 2Chr 7:2 followed by 2 accusativefill jars (with) water 1Kgs 18:34 absolute overflow עַלכָּֿלגְּֿדוֺתָיו ׳ מ Josh 3:15 (compare 1Chr 12:16 Pi`el); figurative fill land with sin Jer 16:18, compare Jer 19:4; Ezek 8:17; Ezek 28:16, compare Ezek 30:11 מְלָאוֺ לִבּוֺ לַעֲשׂוֺתכֵּֿן Esth 7:5 (compare Eccl 8:11 above); מִלְאוּ הַשְּׁלָטִים Jer 51:11 meaning obscure, see [שֶׁלֶט]; Gie proposes ׳ מִרְטוּ הַשּׁ polish.

Niph`al Perfect נִמְלָאֿ Song 5:2 Imperfect יִמָּלֵא 2Sam 23:7 + 9 t.; וַיִּמָּלֵא Exod 7:25 + 5 t.; יִמָּֽלְא֫וּ Prov 3:10 + 2 t.; יִמָּֽלֵ֑אוּ Prov 24:4 יִמָּֽלְאוּן Ezek 32:6 —

1. be filled, usually with accusative of material (with מִן of source Eccl 1:8, compare Ezek 32:6 with לְ Hab 2:14); land, with people Exod 1:7 compare 2Kgs 3:17; 2Kgs 3:20; Isa 2:7 (twice in verse); Isa 2:8 house with smoke Isa 6:4, compare Ezek 10:4 see also Prov 3:10; Prov 24:4; Jer 13:12 (twice in verse); Zech 8:5; Song 5:2; Eccl 11:3; 2Kgs 10:21 ; Ezek 32:6 = be armed 2Sam 23:7 (literally be filled or fill himself, i.e. his hand, with weapon, compare Pi`el 2); be satisfied, subject נֶפֶשׁ = appetite Eccl 6:7 subject אֹזֶן Eccl 1:8 figurative earth filled with violence (compare Qal) Gen 6:11, compare Ezek 9:9; Ezek 23:33 with glory and knowledge of ׳ י Num 14:21; Hab 2:14; Ps 72:19 see also 1Kgs 7:14; Ps 71:8 ; Ps 126:2; Esth 3:5; Esth 5:9; Prov 20:17 absolute Ezek 26:2 (but Co below מָלֵא adjective , so ᵐ5 ᵑ7 ) Ezek 27:25.

2. be accomplished, ended, subject days Exod 7:25 of an exchange, requital, Job 15:32.

Pi`el₁₁₂ Perfect מִלֵּא Exod 35:35 +; מִלָּא Jer 51:34 מִלֵּאתָ Deut 6:11 +; מִלְאוּ Num 32:11 +, etc.; Imperfect יְמַלֵּא Lev 8:33 +; יְמַלֵּה֗֗֗ Job 8:21 וַיְמַלְאוּ Gen 42:25; Exod 39:10 יְמַלֵּ֑אוּ Ezek 7:19, etc.; Imperative מַלֵּא Gen 29:27 + 5 t.; מַלְאוּ Jer 4:5; Ezek 9:7 Infinitive construct מַלֵּא Exod 29:29 + 5 t.; מַלְּאוֺת (אֹת -) Exod 31:5 + 5 t.; suffix מַלְּאָם Jer 33:5 Participle מְמַלֵּא Jer 13:13; 1Chr 12:15 plural מְמַלְאִים Isa 65:11 + 2 t.; —

1. fill (often with 2 accusative; literal, with בְּ 2Kgs 9:24; Ezra 9:11; Job 40:31 with מִן Jer 51:34; Ps 127:5): Gen 21:19; Gen 24:16; Gen 26:15; Gen 42:25; Gen 44:1; Exod 2:16; Deut 6:11; Josh 9:13; 1Kgs 18:35; 1Kgs 20:27; 2Kgs 3:25; 2Kgs 23:14; Isa 23:2; Job 3:15; Job 22:18; Jer 41:9; Ezek 3:3; Ezek 7:19; Ezek 9:7; Ezek 10:2; Ezek 24:4; Nah 2:13; Hag 2:7 ; Ps 129:7 ; 2Chr 16:14, etc. (indefinite subject); fill (cup) with drink for libation Isa 65:11 figurative fill with spirit Exod 28:3; Exod 31:3; Exod 35:31 compare Exod 35:35, Ps 107:9; Isa 33:5; Jer 15:17 fill (with blood) 2Kgs 21:16 with abominations Ezra 9:11 (with בְּ ).

2. special uses are: satisfy appetite Job 38:39; Ps 17:14; Prov 6:30; Job 20:23; Jer 51:14 (figurative); take a handful of כַּפּוֺ מִן ׳ מ Lev 9:17 grasp יָדוֺ בְּ ׳ מ 2Kgs 9:24, compare (of laying arrow on bow) figurative הַקֶּשֶׁת בְּאֶפְרַיִם ׳ מ Zech 9:13 overflow מְמַלֵּא עַלכָּֿלגְּֿד֯יֹתָיו 1Chr 12:16 (compare Josh 3:15 Qal); give in full וַיְמַלְאוּם לַמֶּלֶךְ 1Sam 18:27 (read וַיְמַלְּאֵם A ᵐ5 ^L ᵑ9 We Dr Kit Bu); ׳ מִלֵּא יַד פּ figurative for institute to a priestly office, consecrate Exod 28:41; Exod 29:9; Exod 29:29; Exod 29:33; Exod 29:35; Lev 8:33; Lev 16:32; Lev 21:10; Num 3:3; Judg 17:5; Judg 17:12; 1Kgs 13:33; Ezek 43:26 (altar), 1Chr 29:5; 2Chr 13:9; 2Chr 29:31 (compare Assyrian umallu ‡atu , confer upon, Dl^{HWB 409}); אַחֲרֵי ׳ מ wholly follow ׳ י Num 14:24; Num 32:11; Num 32:12; Deut 1:36; Josh 14:8; Josh 14:9; Josh 14:14; 1Kgs 11:6 fill in, i.e. set precious stones Exod 28:17 (בּוֺ מִלֻּאַת אֶבֶן ׳ מ) compare Exod 31:5; Exod 35:33; Exod 39:10 (all P ); etc.

3. fulfil, accomplish, complete, object week, year, day, Gen 29:27 ; Gen 29:28; Exod 23:26; Isa 65:20; Job 39:2; 2Chr 36:21; Dan 9:2 object word, promise, etc.; subject ׳ י 1Kgs 8:15; 1Kgs 8:24; 2Chr 6:4; 2Chr 6:15; Ps 20:5; Ps 20:6 subject men 1Kgs 2:27; Jer 44:25; 2Chr 36:21.

4. confirm words 1Kgs 1:14.

Pu`al Participle filled, i.e. set with jewels מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ Song 5:14.

Hithpa`el Imperfect עָלַי יִתְמַלָּא֑וּן Job 16:10, mass themselves against me; perhaps denominative from מְלֹא 2.

BDB9658

[מְלָא] verb fill (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 feminine singular מְלַאת Dan 2:35 (with accusative).

Hithpe`el Perfect 3 masculine singular הִתְמְלִי חֱמָא Dan 3:19 was filled with rage.

[מַלְאַךְ] see לאך . מִלָּה see מלל . below,

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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לא (loh)

2 Kings 25:16

KJV: The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.one…: Heb. the one sea

EHCC: of all these weasels was without weight.

2 Chronicles 32:15

KJV: Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

EHCC: how much less shall your God deliver

Psalms 35:8

KJV: Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.at…: Heb. which he knoweth not of

EHCC: come upon him at unawares; (marg.

Psalms 43:1

KJV: Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.ungodly: or, unmercifulthe deceitful…: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity

EHCC: my cause against an ungodly nation:

Psalms 49:19

KJV: He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.He…: Heb. The soul shall

EHCC: (20).they shall never (lit. not for ever) see

Proverbs 27:20

KJV: Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.never: Heb. not

EHCC: Hell and destruction are never (marg. not )

Isaiah 16:14

KJV: But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.feeble: or, not many

EHCC: small (and) feeble. (marg. or, not many (

Jeremiah 31:18

KJV: I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.

EHCC: a3 8 bullock unaccustomed (to the yoke)

Jeremiah 33:17

KJV: For thus saith the Lord; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;David…: Heb. There shall not be cut off from David

EHCC: David shall never want (marg. There shall

Jeremiah 47:6

KJV: O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.put…: Heb. gather thyself

EHCC: how long (will it be) ere thou be quiet?

Hosea 8:5

KJV: Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

EHCC: how long (will it be) ere they attain

Amos 3:8

KJV: The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

EHCC: God bath spoken, who ean but prophesy ?

Zephaniah 2:2

KJV: Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.

EHCC: before () the fierce anger of the Lord

Leviticus 15:25

KJV: And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.

EHCC: many days out of the time

Numbers 35:22

KJV: But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

EHCC: thrust him maddenly without enmity,

Deuteronomy 82:21

EHCC: to jealousy with (that which is) not God;

1 Chronicles 13:17

EHCC: seeing (there is) xo wrong in mine hands,

2 Chronicles 30:18

KJV: For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one

EHCC: eat the patsover otherwise than it was

Job 15:52

EHCC: It shall be accomplished before his time,

Proverbs 13:23

KJV: Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

EHCC: destroyed for bagel fn sonra

Isaiah 55:2

KJV: Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.spend: Heb. weigh

EHCC: money for (that wl is) not bread? and

Jeremiah 5:7

KJV: How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

EHCC: sworn by (them that are) wo gods:

Jeremiah 22:13

KJV: Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

EHCC: buildeth his house by xarighteousness,

2 Chronicles 13:9

KJV: Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.to consecrate…: Heb. to fill his hand

EHCC: priest of (them that are) 20 gods.

2 Chronicles 15:3

KJV: Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

EHCC: without the true God, and without a teach-

Job 26:2

KJV: How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

EHCC: helped (him that is) without power?

Job 39:16

KJV: She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

EHCC: as though (they were) xot her's:

Amos 6:13

KJV: Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

EHCC: Ye which rejolos in a thing of nought,

Genesis 42:16

KJV: Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.kept…: Heb. bound

EHCC: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye

Exodus 22:8

KJV: If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.

EHCC: (7).(to see) whether he have put his hand

Numbers 14:98

EHCC: As truly as 1 live saith the Lord,

Isaiah 5:9

KJV: In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.In…: or, This is in mine ears, saith the Lord, etcOf a…: Heb. If not, etc

EHCC: ofa truth (marg. K heed many houses

Jeremiah 15:11

KJV: The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.cause…: or, intreat the enemy for thee

EHCC: Ferily it shall be well with thy remnant;

Deuteronomy 32:30

KJV: How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

EHCC: except their Rock had sold them,

Deuteronomy 19:6

KJV: Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.slay…: Heb. smite him in lifein…: Heb. from yesterday the third day

EHCC: 7(. 1 perceive, that if Absalom had lived,

Strong's Lexicon

H4390 — מָלֵא מָלָא