מָלֵא 249 verb be full, fill (Late Hebrew 
id. (Pi. transitive); Zinjirli 
מלא (Pi. 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 Os
14 Levy-Os
ZMG xix.1863, 211 f. DHM
ZMG xxix.1875, 595); — 
Qal 99 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) 
 
 
 Co); 
מָלֵ֑אוּ Isaiah 1:15, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix 
חִמְלָאֵ֣מוֺ Exodus 15:9; 
יִמְלְאוּ Genesis 50:3 + 
2 times; 
וַיִּמְלְאוּ Genesis 25:24; 
Genesis 50:3; 
Imperative מִלְאוּ Genesis 1:22 + 
5 times; 
Infinitive construct מְלֹאת (
מְלֹאות) 
Leviticus 8:33 + 
12 times; 
Participle מָלֵא Jeremiah 23:24; 
מְלֵאִים Isaiah 6:1; (compare also below 
מָלֵא adjective); — 
    1. be full, usually with accusative material:
    b. figurative, earth full of violence 
Genesis 6:13, compare 
Leviticus 19:29 (both P), 
Micah 6:12; 
Isaiah 1:15; 
Jeremiah 23:10; 
Jeremiah 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; 
Psalm 119:64; 
Isaiah 11:9; 
Habakkuk 3:3; compare also 
Psalm 48:11; 
Psalm 104:24, etc.; subject 
נֶפֶשׁ = desire be satisfied (full) with suffix 
Exodus 15:9; 
וְדִין רָשָׁע מ׳ Job 36:17 and of judgment on the wicked art thou full (hast thou thy fill), compare Di Du; 
מָלֵא לֵב לַעֲשׂוֺת רָ֑ע Ecclesiastes 8:11; especially of days, years, 
be full, accomplished, ended, 
Genesis 25:24; 
Genesis 29:21; 
Genesis 50:3 (twice in verse) (JE); 
Leviticus 8:33; 
Leviticus 12:4, 
6; 
Leviticus 25:30; 
Numbers 6:5, 
13 (P); 
1 Samuel 18:26; 
2 Samuel 7:12; 
Jeremiah 25:12; 
Jeremiah 29:10; 
Lamentations 4:18; 
Ezekiel 5:2; 
1 Chronicles 17:11; 
Esther 1:5; 
Esther 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; 
Genesis 9:1 (all P); 
consecrate מִלְאוּ יֶדְכֶם ליהוה; (literally fill the hand) 
Exodus 32:29 (compare below); especially of glory of 
י׳ filling tabernacle and temple; 
Exodus 40:34, 
35 (P) 
1 Kings 8:10, 
11, compare 
Isaiah 6:1; see also 
Jeremiah 23:24, especially literal 
Ezekiel 10:3; 
Ezekiel 43:5; 
Ezekiel 44:4; 
2 Chronicles 5:14; 
7:1, 
2; followed by 2 accusative
fill jars (with) water 
1 Kings 18:34; absolute 
overflow עַלכָּֿלגְּֿדוֺתָיו מ׳ Joshua 3:15 (compare 
1 Chronicles 12:16 Pi.); figurative 
fill land with sin 
Jeremiah 16:18, compare 
Jeremiah 19:4; 
Ezekiel 8:17; 
Ezekiel 28:16, compare 
Ezekiel 30:11; 
מְלָאוֺ לִבּוֺ לַעֲשׂוֺתכֵּֿן Esther 7:5 (compare 
Ecclesiastes 8:11 above); 
מִלְאוּ הַשְּׁלָטִים Jeremiah 51:11 meaning obscure, see [
שֶׁלֶט]; Gie proposes 
מִרְטוּ הַשּׁ׳ polish.
 
†Niph. Perfect נִמְלָאֿ Songs 5:2; 
Imperfect יִמָּלֵא 2 Samuel 23:7 + 
9 times; 
וַיִּמָּלֵא Exodus 7:25 + 
5 times; 
יִמָּֽלְא֫וּ Proverbs 3:10 + 
2 times; 
יִמָּֽלֵ֑אוּ Proverbs 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); 
Isaiah 2:8; house with smoke 
Isaiah 6:4, compare 
Ezekiel 10:4; see also 
Proverbs 3:10; 
Proverbs 24:4; 
Jeremiah 13:12 (twice in verse); 
Zechariah 8:5; 
Songs 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. 2); 
be satisfied, subject 
נֶפֶשׁ = appetite 
Ecclesiastes 6:7; subject 
אֹזֶן Ecclesiastes 1:8; figurative earth filled with violence (compare 
Qal) 
Genesis 6:11, compare 
Ezekiel 9:9; 
Ezekiel 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; 
Psalm 126:2; 
Esther 3:5; 
Esther 5:9; 
Proverbs 20:17; absolute 
Ezekiel 26:2 (but Co below 
מָלֵא adjective, so 
 
 
) 
Ezekiel 27:25.
 
Pi.112 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 + 
5 times; 
מַלְאוּ Jeremiah 4:5; 
Ezekiel 9:7; 
Infinitive construct מַלֵּא Exodus 29:29 + 
5 times; 
מַלְּאוֺת (
אֹת -) 
Exodus 31:5 + 
5 times; suffix 
מַלְּאָם Jeremiah 33:5; 
Participle מְמַלֵּא Jeremiah 13:13; 
1 Chronicles 12:15; plural 
מְמַלְאִים Isaiah 65:11 + 
2 times; — 
    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 מִן כַּפּוֹ מ׳ Leviticus 9:17; 
grasp יָדוֺ בְּ מ׳ 2 Kings 9:24, compare (of laying arrow on bow) figurative 
הַקֶּשֶׁת בְּאֶפְרַיִם מ׳ Zechariah 9:13; 
overflow מְמַלֵּא עַלכָּֿלגְּֿד֯יֹתָיו 1 Chronicles 12:16 (compare 
Joshua 3:15 Qal); 
give in full וַיְמַלְאוּם לַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Samuel 18:27 (read 
וַיְמַלְּאֵם A 
 
 
 We Dr Kit Bu); 
פּ׳ יַר מִלֵּא figurative for 
institute to a priestly office, consecrate Exodus 28:41; 
Exodus 29:9, 
29, 
33, 
35; 
Leviticus 8:33; 
Leviticus 16:32; 
Leviticus 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 ḳatu, 
confer upon, Dl
HWB 409); 
אַחֲרֵי מ׳ wholly follow י׳ Numbers 14:24; 
Numbers 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 (
בּוֺ מִלֻּאַת אֶבֶן מ׳) compare 
Exodus 31:5; 
Exodus 35:33; 
Exodus 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; 
Psalm 20:6; subject men 
1 Kings 2:27; 
Jeremiah 44:25; 
2 Chronicles 36:21.
 
†Pu. Participle filled, i.e. 
set with jewels 
מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ Songs 5:14. 
†Hithp. Imperfect עָלַי יִתְמַלָּא֑וּן Job 16:10, 
mass themselves against me; perhaps denominative from 
מְלֹא 2. 
See related Aramaic BDB entry 
H4391.
														
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