כלא

Aramaic

Verb

כלא • (transliteration needed)

to stop, to cease, to pause
to hinder, to restrain, to forbid

Hebrew

Root
כ־ל־א‎ (k-l-ʾ)

Noun

כֶּלֶא • (kéle) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

A prison, a jail.
‏בכלא‎‎ ― b'kéle ― in jail

Synonyms

בֵּית כֶּלֶא‎ (beit kéle)
בית סוהר / בֵּית־סֹהַר‎ (béit sóhar)
בֵּית הָאֲסוּרִים‎ (beit haasurím)
מַאֲסָר‎ (maasár)

References

H3608 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

כָּלָא • (kalá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִכְלָא‎)

(transitive) To jail, to lock up, to hold (someone) prisoner.

Derived terms

כלוא‎ (kalú)

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