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כלה , det. כלתה , pl. כלין n.f. bride, daughter-in-law (CPA ܟܠܐ LSp 93, SA כלה Ham 487:73+; on pl., cf. Sy *לא :כל * LS 326) כלתא FPT Gen 35:9[03];- 1. bride: sg. לחתנה ולכלתה TN Gen 35:9; כד תכפון כלה מדכרא שבעה יומין דמשתותא when a bride is starving she remembers the seven days of her wedding feast EchR 71:2; עלת כלתא נפקת טרחותא when the bride enters (the canopy), the trouble leaves (the house) MQ 80d(36); Meg 75a(64); PRK 9:17; KohR 4b(25); הדה רחל כלתא JMP 2:33 [and passim in these texts]; pl. חתנין וכלין grooms and brides TN Dt 24:6; ומקלס קומי כלייה he gave praise before the brides AZ 42c(13) // Pea 15d(32) // BR 632:6; SYAP 47:11; 2. daughter-in-law: sg. כלה בישא an evil daughter-in-law VREd 592:3; כלתה TN Gen 11:31 [H כלתו ]; ib. 38:24; 25; 26; Lev 18:15; PalLaws 64:22 