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Male (מלא) means full in Hebrew.

It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

מָלֵא
male
adjective
In English

full

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with מ

The dictionary gives 5 meanings for Male.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    לשון המקראמכיל בכל קבולו.
    כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מְלֵאָה קְטֹרֶת
  2. 2
    לשון המקרא, בהשאלהשלם; בגודלו המקסימלי; עם כל רכיביו האפשריים.
    וַיְמַהֵר שָׁאוּל וַיִּפֹּל מְלֹא-קוֹמָתוֹ אַרְצָה וַיִּרָא מְאֹד מִדִּבְרֵי שְׁמוּאֵל...
  3. 3
    עממיכמות גדולה; הרבה.
  4. 4
    לשון המקראבריא, שנפחו רב עקב תזונה נכבדה.
    וַתִּבְלַעְנָה הַשִּׁבֳּלִים הַדַּקּוֹת אֵת שֶׁבַע הַשִּׁבֳּלִים הַבְּרִיאוֹת וְהַמְּלֵאוֹת...
  5. 5
    תזונהטבעי גולמי ללא הסרת הקליפה.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Male is an adjective.

Written with vowel points
מָלֵא
Written without vowel points
מלא
Said
male
Root
מ־ל־א
Pattern
קָטֵל
Plural
מְלֵאִים מְלֵאוֹת
Feminine form
מְלֵאָה
Inflections
נ' מְלֵאָה, ר' מְלֵאִים מְלֵאוֹת, נס' מְלֹא־ מְלֹאוֹ
Gematria
71

This is how Male is said in other languages.

English
full
Arabic
ملآن
Russian
полный
French
plein
Spanish
lleno
German
voll
Yiddish
פֿול

These words mean nearly the same as Male.

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These words mean the opposite of Male.

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These words rhyme with Male.

The word Male is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Male comes from the root מ־ל־א, like these words.

These words come before and after Male in the dictionary.

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What does Male (⁨מלא⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Male (⁨מלא⁩) means full. It is said male, with the stress on le.

What is a synonym for Male (⁨מלא⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Male (⁨מלא⁩) are ⁨בריא⁩, ⁨גדוש⁩, ⁨הרבה⁩, and ⁨שמן⁩.

What is the opposite of Male (⁨מלא⁩)?

Words that mean the opposite of Male (⁨מלא⁩) are ⁨ריק⁩, ⁨חסר⁩, ⁨שדוף⁩, ⁨רזה⁩, ⁨דק⁩, and ⁨מעט⁩.

What rhymes with Male (⁨מלא⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Male (⁨מלא⁩) include ⁨עלה⁩, ⁨חולה⁩, ⁨מעולה⁩, ⁨עולה⁩, ⁨מצלה⁩, and ⁨מתלה⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מלא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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