כָּלַל kâlal — to complete
Translated in the KJV as perfect.
a primitive root; to complete.
kâlal in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 2
כָּלְל֖וּ Ezek 27:4 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
כָּלְל֥וּ Ezek 27:11 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural
The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›