מְלָא mᵉlâʼ — to fill

pronounced mel-aw' · Strong's H4391 · 2 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 2 stems: Pe'al, Hithpe'el

Translated in the KJV as fill, be full.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H4390; to fill.

mᵉlâʼ in each stem

Pe'al 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

וּמְלָ֥ת Dan 2:35 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (KJV)

Hithpe'el 1×

Simple · reflexive — the plain action; the subject does it to or for themselves

Perfect (qatal) 1

הִתְמְלִ֣י Dan 3:19 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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