Kele (כלא) means prison in Hebrew.
It can also mean confinement, imprisonment, and jail. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
prison, confinement, imprisonment, jail
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Kele.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מקום מרוכז שבו מוחזקים בכפייה פרטים המסוכנים לחברה.
וְאָמַרְתָּ כֹּה אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ שִׂימוּ אֶת זֶה בֵּית הַכֶּלֶא וְהַאֲכִילֻהוּ לֶחֶם לַחַץ וּמַיִם לַחַץ עַד בֹּאִי בְשָׁלוֹם.
- 2בהשאלהמצב של הסגר, שהימלטות ממנו אינה אפשרית.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kele is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כֶּלֶא
- Written without vowel points
- כלא
- Said
- kele
- Root
- כ־ל־א
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Gematria
- 51
This is how Kele is said in other languages.
- English
- prison, confinement, imprisonment, jail
- Arabic
- سجن, مُعْتَقَل, حبس, حصر
These words mean nearly the same as Kele.
- בית כלאprison
- בית סוהרprison
- בית אסורים
- מתקן כליאה
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These words rhyme with Kele.
The word Kele is part of these phrases and sayings.
The word Kele comes from the root כ־ל־א, like these words.
These words come before and after Kele in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kele.
What does Kele (כלא) mean in Hebrew?
Kele (כלא) means prison, confinement, and imprisonment. It is said kele, with the stress on ke.
What is a synonym for Kele (כלא)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Kele (כלא) are בית כלא, בית סוהר, בית אסורים, and מתקן כליאה.
What rhymes with Kele (כלא)?
Words that rhyme with Kele (כלא) include פלא.
Is Kele (כלא) masculine or feminine?
The word Kele (כלא) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כלא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.