Hebrew · H4390 · unreviewed

מָלֵא

To fill or (intransitively) be full of , in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

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מָלֵא H4390

Pronunciation mālēʾ

What does מָלֵא (mālēʾ) mean in the Bible?

מָלֵא (mālēʾ) is a Hebrew word meaning "to fill or (intransitively) be full of , in a wide application (literally and figuratively)".

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Meaning

to fill or (intransitively) be full of , in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

Extended definition

To fill means to complete, fulfill, or accomplish—moving from physical fullness to covenantal completion and consecration.

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively) BDB: be full Usage: accomplish, confirm, consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, × 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.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 77×

Perfect 1Chr 17:11 · 1Sam 18:26 · Ezek 8:17 · Ezek 28:16 · Gen 29:21 · Isa 1:15 · Isa 2:6 · Isa 15:9 · Isa 21:3 · Isa 22:7 · Isa 28:8 · Isa 30:27 · Jer 16:18 · Jer 25:34 · Job 20:11 · Job 21:24 61×

Infinitive construct Dan 10:3 · Jer 29:10 · Lev 8:33 · Lev 12:4 · Lev 25:30 · Num 6:5 · Num 6:13 7×

Sequential imperfect 1Kgs 18:34 · Exod 32:29 · Jer 51:11 3×

Participle active 2Kgs 6:17 · Isa 6:1 · Jer 23:24 3×

Imperfect 2Sam 7:12 · Esth 2:12 2×

Jussive Gen 50:3 1×

Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 56×

Perfect 1Kgs 8:15 · 1Kgs 11:6 · 1Kgs 18:35 · 2Chr 6:4 · 2Chr 16:14 · 2Kgs 9:24 · 2Kgs 21:16 · Deut 1:36 · Exod 35:35 · Isa 33:5 · Jer 41:9 · Jer 51:34 · Job 22:18 · Josh 14:14 · Num 3:3 · Ps 107:9 31×

Imperfect 1Kgs 13:33 · Isa 65:20 · Job 8:21 · Lev 8:33 · Lev 16:32 · Ps 20:5 · Ps 20:6 · Exod 29:35 · Ezek 3:3 · Job 38:39 · Ps 17:14 · Exod 23:26 · Job 23:4 · Prov 8:21 · Ezek 7:19 · Job 39:2 17×

Sequential imperfect 1Sam 16:1 · Ezek 24:4 · Gen 29:27 · Gen 44:1 · Ps 83:17 · Jer 4:5 6×

Participle active 1Chr 12:16 · Jer 13:13 2×

Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 18×

Imperfect 2Kgs 3:17 · 2Sam 23:7 · Isa 6:4 · Jer 13:12 · Prov 20:17 · Ps 71:8 · Ps 126:2 · Eccl 1:8 · Eccl 6:7 · Hab 2:14 · Job 15:32 · Eccl 11:3 · Prov 24:4 · Zech 8:5 · Ezek 23:33 16×

Cohortative Ezek 26:2 1×

Participle passive Song 5:2 1×

Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×

Participle passive Song 5:14 1×

Biblical Occurrences

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Biblical Witnesses

Leviticus 12:6-8 fulfilled mālēʾ

completion of a specified period or duration of time

Proverbs 24:3-4 filled mālēʾ Niphal · Imperfect

being abundantly supplied or furnished with valuable things

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Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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