כָּלָה

n.f. completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation; always this form;— completion, but only as adv., and dubious: completely, altogether Gn 18:21 (J; read כֻּלָּם Ol Kau Buhl), Ex 11:1 (si vera l.) complete destruction, consumption, annihilation: almost always by God, especially עָשָׂה כ׳ Is 10:23 (+ וְנֶחֱרָצָה), Na 1:8 (2 acc., si vera l.; Buhl ZAW 1885, 181 proposes בְּקָמָיו for מְקוֹמָהּ v. Id.HWB 12 KauAT, Text Krit. Erläut. p. 65; v. also מָקוֹם sub קום), v 9 Je 4:27 Ne 9:31 (2 acc.); + אֵת pers. = with, pergn. sense, = in dealing with (cf. II. אֵת 1 d), Zp 1:18 (כ׳ אַךְ נִבְהָלָה), Je 5:18; 30:11 = 46:28 (אֹתְךָ = אִתְּךָ), Ez 11:13; 20:17 (אוֹתָם = אִתָּם); + בְּכָל־גּוֹיִם Je 30:11; 46:28; without עשׂה: כ׳ וְנֶחֱרָצָה שָׁמַעְתִּי Is 28:22, עַד־כ׳ וְנ׳ Dn 9:27 (on both cf. Is 10:23; Zp 1:18); לְכָלָה for annihilation Ez 13:13 (si vera l., v. Co), וְלֹא לְהַשְׁחִית לְכ׳ 2 Ch 12:12. by men, וְכ׳ אַל־תַּעֲשׂוּ Je 5:10; וְכ׳ בְיָדוֹ Dn 11:16 and (i.e. with) annihilation in his hand.