{"def":{"short":"properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)","long":["to seize, contain, measure",["(Qal) to measure, calculate","(Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain",["to sustain, support, nourish","to contain, hold in, restrain","to support, endure"],"(Polpal) to be supplied","(Hilpil) to contain, hold, hold in, endure",["to contain","to sustain, endure"]]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"kuːl","ipa_mod":"kul","sbl":"kûl","dic":"kool","dic_mod":"kool"}}