Strong's Lexicon

H4391

H4391 — מְלָא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

AramaicmlaverbOccurrences: 2TWOT: 2826

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4391
Word:	מְלָא
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	(Aramaic) corresponding to H4390
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	mla
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mel-aw'
Meaning:	1. to fill
KJV Renderings:	fill, be full.

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[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,

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מלא (m’lā)

Daniel 2:35

KJV: Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

EHCC: aad filled the whule earth.

Daniel 3:19

KJV: Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.full: Chaldee, filled

EHCC: Then was Nebuchadnezzar full (marg.