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)

Root family 980: כָלָא kālāʾ — withhold, shut up, keep back, refrain, forbid. (ASV, RSV similar.)

• כֶּלֶא keleʾ — confinement
• כִּלְאַיִם kilʾayim — two kinds
• כְּלִיא kĕlîʾ — prison
• מִכְלָה miklâ — enclosure

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