ke.lal denotes bringing a building project to its finished state, whether walls, a structure, or a house.

Across the supplied Ezra passages, ke.lal refers to completing an act of construction: walls are being finished, a house had been completed, and a structure or rebuilt house is brought to completion.

1. Bringing construction to completion · dominant

   The term occurs in building contexts throughout the supplied verses. In Ezra 4:12 the APB renders the clause "they are building the walls, finishing the walls," while Ezra 5:3 and Ezra 5:9 ask who authorized building the house and completing its structure; Ezra 5:11 and Ezra 6:14 describe a house or project that was completed.

   Ezra 4:12Ezra 5:3Ezra 5:9Ezra 5:11Ezra 6:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the construction clauses with "finishing" in Ezra 4:12 and "completed" or "complete" in Ezra 5:11, Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:9, and Ezra 6:14. These renderings confirm the broader construction context rather than isolate each token precisely.