H4390. male

or mala מָלֵא‎₂₄₉ verb be full, fill (Late Hebrew id. (Pi`el transitive); Zinjirli מלא‎ (Pi`el transitive) DHM^{Sendsch. 60}; Assyrian malû (transitive and intransitive) Dl^{HWB 409}; Arabic (transitive) , (intransitive); Ethiopic (transitive and intransitive); Aramaic (transitive), מְלָא‎ (intransitive and transitive), Palmyrene proper name מלא‎ = plenitude, Vog^{Palm 7, 2} and others; Sabean מלא‎ Os¹⁴ Levy-Os^{ZMG xix.1863, 211 f.} DHM^{ZMG 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 ᵐ5‎^L 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, Dl^{HWB 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,