כָּלָא (kālāʾ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning shut up. It appears
18 times
in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3607).
Also rendered
to restrain
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 980)
Range of meaning (TWOT 980)shut up, restrain, withhold, hinder, protect; restrict, hold back, in, prohibit; finish, forbid, keep, refrain, retain, be stayed
Piel[perfect כִּלָּא and] infinitive construct לְכַלֵּא v. כלה Piel
Strong's H3607כָּלָא: to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit) KJV:finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.