BDB4043 [H3618]

כַּלָּה noun feminine daughter-in-law, bride; — absolute ׳כ Jer 2:32 + 14 t.; suffix כַּלָּתוֺ Gen 11:31 + 5 t.; כַּלָּתָהּ Ruth 1:22 + 2 t., etc.; plural suffix כַּלֹּתֶיהָ Ruth 1:6; Ruth 1:8, כַּלּוֺתֶיהָ Ruth 1:7, כַּלּוֺתֵיהֶם Hos 4:13; Hos 4:14

1. daughter-in-law, in reference to husband's father Gen 38:11; Gen 38:16; Gen 38:24 (J), compare 1Chr 2:4; 1Sam 4:19; Ezek 22:11; Mic 7:6; Gen 11:31 (P), Lev 18:15; Lev 20:12 (both H); husband's mother Ruth 1:6; Ruth 1:7; Ruth 1:8; Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:20; Ruth 2:22; Ruth 4:15.
2. bride, usually
\ \ a. just before marriage Isa 49:18; Isa 61:10; Isa 62:5; Jer 2:32 (all in simile, etc.), || חָתָן Jer 7:34; Jer 16:9; Jer 25:10; Jer 33:11; Joel 2:16; Song 4:8; Song 4:9; Song 4:10; Song 4:11; Song 4:12; Song 5:1.
\ \ b. also just after marriage = young wife Hos 4:13; Hos 4:14 read הַכַּלָּה likewise 2Sam 17:3 (for ᵑ0 הַכֹּל), ᵐ5 We Dr Klo Kit Bu.


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