מלא

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מלא

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Compare Ge'ez መልአ (mälʾä, “to fill, to be full”) Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa, “to fill”) and Akkadian malû 𒌑𒂷𒇷 umalli 𒀯𒇻 mullu.

adjective מָלֵא · malé · מְלֵאָה · מְלֵאִים · מְלֵאוֹת

Full (of), filled (with). קרחת היער ריקה חוץ משקית מלאה בגדים […] karákhat hayá'ar reká khuts misakít m'le'á b'gadím […]
Whole, total, full, complete. ליקוי מלא
invariable A lot of, tons of, loads of. אבל רק בסוף השבוע כי יש לה מלא עבודה.

verb מָלֵא · malé · למלוא · לִמְלֹא · -

construction pa'al To fill, to become full. וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת נֹחַ וְאֶת בָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ׃
construction pa'al To complete.
construction pa'al To reach an age, to become a number of years old. 1973, Gabi Shoshan (גבי שושן), Shesh Esre Malu Lanaar (שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה מָלְאוּ לַנַּעַר). שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה מָלְאוּ לַנַּעַר וְלִבּוֹ הָמָה shesh 'es'ré mal'ú lana'ar v'libó hamá (Literal) Sixteen filled the teenager and his heart became full of activity.

verb מִלֵּא · milé

construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of מילא

verb מֻלָּא · mulá

construction pu'al, misspelling defective spelling of מולא

In English

complete with everything included
full containing the maximum possible amount
whole food with no constituents removed
entire whole
stuff to fill by crowding into
fill become full of contents

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {מלא},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%90},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}