Lexical Summary male or mala: to be full, to fill Original Word: מָלֵאTransliteration: male or mala Phonetic Spelling: (maw-lay') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be full, to fill Meaning: to fill, be full of Strong's Concordance accomplish, confirm, consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfill, Or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}; a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively) -- 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. Brown-Driver-Briggs H4390. male or mala מָלֵא249 verb be full, fill (Late Hebrew id. (Pi`el transitive); Zinjirli מלא (Pi`el transitive) DHMSendsch. 60; Assyrian malû (transitive and intransitive) DlHWB 409; Arabic (transitive) , (intransitive); Ethiopic (transitive and intransitive); Aramaic (transitive), מְלָא (intransitive and transitive), Palmyrene proper name מלא = plenitude, VogPalm 7, 2 and others; Sabean מלא Os14 Levy-OsZMG xix.1863, 211 f. DHMZMG xxix.1875, 595); — Qal99 Perfect ׳מ Exodus 40:34 +; suffix מְלַאוֺ Esther 7:5; מָלֵאתָ Job 36:17; מָלֵאתִי Micah 3:8; Jeremiah 6:11; מָלֵ֫תִי Job 32:18; מָֽלְאוּ Genesis 29:21 +; מָלוּ Ezekiel 28:16 (מָלֵאתָ) ᵑ6 ᵐ5 Co); מָלֵ֑אוּ Isaiah 1:15, etc.; Imperfect3feminine singular suffix חִמְלָאֵ֣מוֺ Exodus 15:9; יִמְלְאוּ Genesis 50:3 2t.; וַיִּמְלְאוּ 25:24; 50:3; Imperative מִלְאוּ 1:22 5t.; Infinitive construct מְלֹאת (מְלֹאות) Leviticus 8:33 12t.; Participle מָלֵא Jeremiah 23:24; מְלֵאִים Isaiah 6:1; (compare also below מָלֵא adjective ); — 1 be full, usually with accusative material: a. literally subject houses Exodus 8:17; 10:6 (both J) Judges 16:27; Isaiah 13:21; 2 Chronicles 5:13, compare Ezekiel 10:4 (strike out Co); winepress Joel 4:13; threshing-floor Joel 2:24; vessel 2 Kings 4:6; Job 21:24, etc.; 20:22 מְלֹאות (compare מְלֹא), i.e. fulness, abundance. b. figurative, earth full of violence Genesis 6:13, compare Leviticus 19:29 (both P), Micah 6:12; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 23:10; 51:5; Psalm 26:10; Ezekiel 7:23 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 9:3, etc.; earth full of glory, mercy, goodness, knowledge, of ׳מ Psalm 33:5; 119:64; Isaiah 11:9; Habakkuk 3:3; compare also Psalm 48:11; 104:24, etc.; subject נֶפֶשׁ = desire be satisfied (full) with suffix Exodus 15:9; מ רָשָׁע ׳וְדִין Job 36:17 and of judgment on the wicked art thou full (hast thou thy fill), compare Di Du; רָ֑ע לַעֲשׂוֺת לֵב מָלֵא Ecclesiastes 8:11; especially of days, years, be full, accomplished, ended, Genesis 25:24; 29:21; 50:3 (twice in verse) (JE); Leviticus 8:33; 12:4, 6; 25:30; Numbers 6:5, 13 (P); 1 Samuel 18:26; 2 Samuel 7:12; Jeremiah 25:12; 29:10; Lamentations 4:18; Ezekiel 5:2; 1 Chronicles 17:11; Esther 1:5; 2:12; Daniel 10:3; compare also with other subject (literally) Jeremiah 25:34; Isaiah 40:2. 2 transitive fill, of populating sea and earth Genesis 1:22, 28; 9:1 (all P); consecrate ליהוה יֶדְכֶם מִלְאוּ; (literally fill the hand) Exodus 32:29 (compare below); especially of glory of ׳י filling tabernacle and temple; 40:34-35, (P) 1 Kings 8:10-11, compare Isaiah 6:1; see also Jeremiah 23:24, especially literal Ezekiel 10:3; 43:5; 44:4; 2 Chronicles 5:14; 7:1-2, followed by 2 accusativefill jars (with) water 1 Kings 18:34; absolute overflow ׳מ עַלכָּֿלגְּֿדוֺתָיו Joshua 3:15 (compare 1 Chronicles 12:16 Pi`el); figurative fill land with sin Jeremiah 16:18, compare 19:4; Ezekiel 8:17; 28:16, compare 30:11; לַעֲשׂוֺתכֵּֿן לִבּוֺ מְלָאוֺ Esther 7:5 (compare Ecclesiastes 8:11 above); הַשְּׁלָטִים מִלְאוּ Jeremiah 51:11 meaning obscure, see [שֶׁלֶט]; Gie proposes הַשּׁ ׳מִרְטוּ polish. Niph`al Perfect נִמְלָאֿ Song of Solomon 5:2; Imperfect יִמָּלֵא 2 Samuel 23:7 9t.; וַיִּמָּלֵא Exodus 7:25 5t.; יִמָּֽלְא֫וּ Proverbs 3:10 2t.; יִמָּֽלֵ֑אוּ 24:4; יִמָּֽלְאוּן Ezekiel 32:6; — 1 be filled, usually with accusative of material (with מִן of source Ecclesiastes 1:8, compare Ezekiel 32:6; with לְ Habakkuk 2:14); land, with people Exodus 1:7; compare 2 Kings 3:17, 20; Isaiah 2:7 (twice in verse); 2:8; house with smoke 6:4, compare Ezekiel 10:4; see also Proverbs 3:10; 24:4; Jeremiah 13:12 (twice in verse); Zechariah 8:5; Song of Solomon 5:2; Ecclesiastes 11:3; 2 Kings 10:21; Ezekiel 32:6; = be armed 2 Samuel 23:7 (literally be filled or fill himself, i.e. his hand, with weapon, compare Pi`el 2); be satisfied, subject נֶפֶשׁ = appetite Ecclesiastes 6:7; subject אֹזֶן 1:8; figurative earth filled with violence (compare Qal) Genesis 6:11, compare Ezekiel 9:9; 23:33; with glory and knowledge of ׳י Numbers 14:21; Habakkuk 2:14; Psalm 72:19; see also 1 Kings 7:14; Psalm 71:8; 126:2; Esther 3:5; 5:9; Proverbs 20:17; absolute Ezekiel 26:2 (but Co below מָלֵא adjective , so ᵑ7 ᵐ5) 27:25. 2 be accomplished, ended, subject days Exodus 7:25; of an exchange, requital, Job 15:32. Pi`el112 Perfect מִלֵּא Exodus 35:35 +; מִלָּא Jeremiah 51:34; מִלֵּאתָ Deuteronomy 6:11 +; מִלְאוּ Numbers 32:11 +, etc.; Imperfect יְמַלֵּא Leviticus 8:33 +; יְמַלֵּה֗֗֗ Job 8:21; וַיְמַלְאוּ Genesis 42:25; Exodus 39:10; יְמַלֵּ֑אוּ Ezekiel 7:19, etc.; Imperative מַלֵּא Genesis 29:27 5t.; מַלְאוּ Jeremiah 4:5; Ezekiel 9:7; Infinitive construct מַלֵּא Exodus 29:29 5t.; מַלְּאוֺת (אֹת-) 31:5 5t.; suffix מַלְּאָם Jeremiah 33:5; Participle מְמַלֵּא 13:13; 1 Chronicles 12:15; plural מְמַלְאִים Isaiah 65:11 2t.; — 1 fill (often with 2 accusative; literal, with בְּ 2 Kings 9:24; Ezra 9:11; Job 40:31; with מִן Jeremiah 51:34; Psalm 127:5): Genesis 21:19; 24:16; 26:15; 42:25; 44:1; Exodus 2:16; Deuteronomy 6:11; Joshua 9:13; 1 Kings 18:35; 20:27; 2 Kings 3:25; 23:14; Isaiah 23:2; Job 3:15; 22:18; Jeremiah 41:9; Ezekiel 3:3; 7:19; 9:7; 10:2; 24:4; Nahum 2:13; Haggai 2:7; Psalm 129:7; 2 Chronicles 16:14, etc. (indefinite subject); fill (cup) with drink for libation Isaiah 65:11; figurative fill with spirit Exodus 28:3; 31:3; 35:31 compare 35:35, Psalm 107:9; Isaiah 33:5; Jeremiah 15:17; fill (with blood) 2 Kings 21:16; with abominations Ezra 9:11 (with בְּ ). 2 special uses are: satisfy appetite Job 38:39; Psalm 17:14; Proverbs 6:30; Job 20:23; Jeremiah 51:14 (figurative); take a handful of ׳מ מִן כַּמּוֺ Leviticus 9:17; grasp ׳מ בְּ יָדוֺ 2 Kings 9:24, compare (of laying arrow on bow) figurative ׳מ בְּאֶפְרַיִם הַקֶּשֶׁת Zechariah 9:13; overflow עַלכָּֿלגְּֿד֯יֹתָיו מְמַלֵּא 1 Chronicles 12:16 (compare Joshua 3:15 Qal); give in full לַמֶּלֶךְ וַיְמַלְאוּם 1 Samuel 18:27 (read וַיְמַלְּאֵם A ᵐ5L ᵑ9 We Dr Kit Bu); מּ יַד ׳מִלֵּא figurative for institute to a priestly office, consecrate Exodus 28:41; 29:9, 29, 33, 35; Leviticus 8:33; 16:32; 21:10; Numbers 3:3; Judges 17:5, 12; 1 Kings 13:33; Ezekiel 43:26 (altar), 1 Chronicles 29:5; 2 Chronicles 13:9; 29:31 (compare Assyrian umallu ‡atu, confer upon, DlHWB 409); ׳מ אַחֲרֵי wholly follow ׳י Numbers 14:24; 32:11-12, Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:8-9, 14; 1 Kings 11:6; fill in, i.e. set precious stones Exodus 28:17 (׳מ אֶבֶן מִלֻּאַת בּוֺ) compare 31:5; 35:33; 39:10 (all P); etc. 3 fulfil, accomplish, complete, object week, year, day, Genesis 29:27-28, Exodus 23:26; Isaiah 65:20; Job 39:2; 2 Chronicles 36:21; Daniel 9:2; object word, promise, etc.; subject ׳י 1 Kings 8:15, 24; 2 Chronicles 6:4, 15; Psalm 20:5; 20:6; subject men 1 Kings 2:27; Jeremiah 44:25; 2 Chronicles 36:21. 4 confirm words 1 Kings 1:14. Pu`al Participle filled, i.e. set with jewels בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ מְמֻלָּאִים Song of Solomon 5:14. Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְמַלָּא֑וּן עָלַי Job 16:10, mass themselves against me; perhaps denominative from מְלֹא 2 [מְלָא] verb fill (see Biblical Hebrew); — Pe`al Perfect3feminine singular מְלַאת Daniel 2:35 (with accusative). Hithpe`el Perfect3masculine singular חֱמָא הִתְמְלִי Daniel 3:19 was filled with rage. [מַלְאַךְ] see לאך. מִלָּה see מלל. below, |