H3557. kul
[כּוּל] verb comprehend, contain (Late Hebrew, Aramaic id., measure, measure out, of dry or liquid measure; Syriac Aph`el id.; Arabic measure grain) —
Qal Perfect only [Isa 40:12] הָאָרֶץ עֲפַר בְּשָׁלִשׁ מִיכָּ֗֗֗ל who hath comprehended the dust of the earth in a shalish-measure?
Pilpel Perfect כִּלְכֵּל [2Sam 19:33]; suffix כִּלְכְּלָם [1Kin 18:4]; [2]masculine singular suffix כִּלְכַּלְתָּם [Neh 9:21], etc.; Imperfect יְכַלְכֵּל [Zech 11:16] +, etc.; Infinitive construct כַּלְכֵּל [Jer 20:9] +, etc.; Participle מְכַלְכֵּל [Mal 3:2]; — sustain, maintain, contain:
1 sustain, support, nourish, followed by accusative of person [Gen 45:11]; [50:21] (both E), [2Sam 19:33]; [19:34]; [20:3]; [1Kin 4:7] a (v:b absolute), [5:7]; [17:4], [9]; [Neh 9:21]; [Ruth 4:15]; [Psa 55:23]; [Zech 11:16] (of sheep); followed by accusative of person + of thing (food) [Gen 47:12] (J), [1Kin 18:4], [13].
2 contain, followed by accusative of person [1Kin 8:27]; [2Chr 2:5]; [6:18] (heavens cannot contain ׳י); hold in, restrain Yahweh's word within one, [Jer 20:9].
3 support, endure, sickness ׳יְכַל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ אִישׁ רוּחַ [Prov 18:14]; [Mal 3:2] (object בּוֺאוֺ אֶתיֿוֺם); of sustaining a cause, in court, ׳יְכַל בְּמִשְׁמָּט דְּבָרָיו [Psa 112:5].
Polpal Perfect3plural כָּלְכְּלוּ were supplied with food [1Kin 20:27] (Klo proposes בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ).
Hiph`il Imperfect יָכִיל [1Kin 7:26] [2]t. etc.; Infinitive construct הָכִיל [Jer 6:11] [5]t.; — contain, hold, hold in, endure;
1 contain, followed by accusative (of liquid) [1Kin 7:26], [38]; [2Chr 4:5]; in figure [Jer 2:13], absolute [Ezek 23:32]; (of burnt-offering) [1Kin 8:64]; [2Chr 7:7]; hold in (wrath of ׳י, object not expressed, subject Jeremiah) [Jer 6:11] (opposed to שָׁפַךְ).
2 sustain, endure, followed by accusative [Amos 7:10]; [Jer 10:10]; [Joel 2:11].
כִּלְכֵּל verb, כַּלְכֹּל
proper name, masculine see below כול.