kalû (5) (vb. a/a ; : [GUL :
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1) person, slave, prisoner : to hold back , to detain , to arrest , to retain ; 2) animal : to restrain , to pull up ; 3) leak, diarrhea ... : to stop , to staunch , to block off ; 4) goods, tribute : to withhold , to hold back ; 5) request : to refuse , to withhold , to deny ; 6) noise, tears, prayer, hair -from falling- ... : to restrain , to hold back , to fight back , to refrain , to abstain ; 7) to prevent somebody from doing something , to forestall ; 8) to moor a boat , to fasten an animal ;
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Proto-Semitic : *kalāʾ
- Arabic : kalaʾa كَلَأَ
- Syriac : klā ܟ݁ܠܳܐ
- Hebrew : kālā כָלָא