כל

כל

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܟܠ‎

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kul/

Particle

כל • (kol)

1. all, every, whole

Inflection

With object pronouns

Non-personal-pronoun-including form				כָּל (kol)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
First person	כֻּלִּי‎ (kullī)		כֻּלַּנָא‎ (kullánā), כֻּלַּן‎ (kullan), כֻּלָּן‎ (kullān)
Second person	כֻּלָּךְ‎ (kullāḵ)	כֻּלָּךְ‎ (kullāḵ)	כֻּלְּכוֹן‎ (kulləḵōn)	כֻּלְּכֵין‎ (kulləḵēn)
Third person	כֻּלֵּהּ‎ (kullēh)	כֻּלַּהּ‎ (kullah), כֻּלָּהּ‎ (kullāh)	כֻּלְּהוֹן‎ (kulləhōn)	כֻּלְּהֵין‎ (kulləhēn)

References

• “kl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ל־ל‎ (k-l-l)

Compare Arabic كُلّ‎ (kull), Ge'ez ኵል (kʷəll), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎍 (kl), Phoenician 𐤊𐤋‎ (kl), Akkadian 𒆕𒀀𒁉 (kalûm), Classical Syriac ܟܾܠ‎ (kul). From Proto-Semitic *kʷall- or Proto-Semitic *kull-, ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔa-kʷall-.

Pronunciation

• כֹּל:

  (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kol/

  (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kojl/

  (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kol/

  (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /køːl/, [keːl]

  (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koːl/

  (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koːl/

• כָּל:

  (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kol/

  (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔl/

  (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kol/, [kal]

  (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔl/

  (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔl/

  (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kol/

• Homophone: קוֹל‎ (kol) (Modern Hebrew)
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

כֹּל • (kól) m or f (singular construct כָּל־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. All, whole, entirety, everything; found almost exclusively in singular definite and singular construct forms; used to translate English all, each, every, everything, and so on.

   ‏.לְכָל אֶחָד יֵשׁ מָשֶׁהוּ שׁחָשׁוּב לוֹ‎

   l'khol ekhad yesh mashehu shekhashuv lo.

   Everyone has something that's important to him.

   • Proverbs 15:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏בְּכָל מָקוֹם עֵינֵי ה׳ צֹפוֹת רָעִים וְטוֹבִים׃‎‎

     B'khol makom einei Adonai tsofot ra'im v-tovim.

     The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

   • Liturgical blessing

     ‏בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהַכֹּל נִהְיֶה בִּדְבָרוֹ.‎‎

     barúkh ata Adonai elohéinu mélekh ha`olám, shehakól nihyé bid'varó.

     Blessed are you, LORD our God, king of the world, by whose word everything comes to be.

   • c. 1800, Nachman of Breslov,

     ‏'כָל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלוֹ גֶשֶׁר צָר מְאוֹד, וְהָעִיקָר לֹא לְפַחֵד כְּלָל.‎‎

     kol ha'olam kulo gesher tsar m'od, v'ha'ikar lo l'fakhed k'lal.

     The entire world is a very narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to have any fear at all.

Usage notes

• This term is most commonly found in its construct form, כל (kol, “all-of”). When this is the case, all agreement — gender, number, person — is with the following noun. For example, כולנו (kulánu, “all-of-us, everyone”) is plural, first-person, and usually masculine (but it will be feminine if it's referring to a specific group, all of whose members are women).

Inflection

With object pronouns

Non-personal-pronoun-including form				כָּל (kol)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
First person	כולי / כֻּלִּי‎ (kulí)		כולנו / כֻּלָּנוּ‎ (kulánu)
Second person	כולך / כֻּלְּךָ‎ (kul'khá)	כולך / כֻּלֵּךְ‎ (kulékh)	כולכם / כֻּלְּכֶם‎ (kul'khém)	כולכן / כֻּלְּכֶן‎ (kul'khén)
Third person	כולו / כֻּלּוֹ‎ (kuló)	כולה / כֻּלָּהּ‎ (kuláh)	כולם / כֻּלָּם‎ (kulám)	כולן / כֻּלָּן‎ (kulán)

Anagrams

• לך‎