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כֶּלָּה   n.f. #2  veil; curtain


  curtain, canopy or enclosure  Gal, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA.  TgJob15:32 : עד לא יומיה תתמלי סיבתיה וכילתיה לא תהי גנונא  his life (lit. his old age) shall be finished before its time and his canopy shall not be a bridal-canopy. elliptical for the wedding ceremony (compare ḥwph n.f.)  LJLA.  TgJob15:32 : וכילתיה לא תהי גנינא  his marriage ceremony will not have a proper canopy.  Tobit(Med) 13.16 chap 9 : וזמין יתיה לכילתי  invite him to my wedding †.


  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 256a; DJBA: 575a; Jastrow: 633; Levy Ch-W: 1:364;

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