כָּלֶה
kale · failing, longing
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3616 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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kale (כָּלֶה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “failing, longing”.
Failing, wasting away from so much waiting.
How to say it
ka·le
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Growing dim from longing and waiting.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 28:32
Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, and your eyes will see it and fail for them all the day, and there will be no power in your hand.