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

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• כול (excessive spelling)

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:

  (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkul/

  (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːl/, [ˈkʰoː.ol]

  (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkøl/, [ˈkʰøːl] (Sanaani), /ˈkel/, [kʰeːl] (Sharaabi)

  (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkol/

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

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

• כָּל:

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

  (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔl/, [kʰɔl]

  (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔl/, [kʰɔl]

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

  (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔl/

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

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• 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.

   • Tanach, 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)

Derived terms

• בסך הכול / בְּסַךְ הַכֹּל (b'sákh hakól)
• כָּל הַכָּבוֹד (kól hakavód)
• כָּל כָּךְ (kol kákh)
• כָּל עוֹד (kol od)
• כל עיקר / כָּל עִקָּר (kól ikár)
• לְכָל הַיּוֹתֵר (lekhól hayotér)
• קודם כל / קֹדֶם כֹּל (kódem kol)

Anagrams

• לך