ma.le describes filling spaces and vessels, being full of qualities or conditions, and bringing days or spoken words to completion.

The sampled verses most often show the verb of a place, vessel, or land becoming occupied or full with a specified substance or presence. It also describes persons or places full of qualities and conditions, the completion of days or a spoken word, and clauses concerning consecration or appointment.

1. Fill or occupy a space, vessel, or land · dominant

   Qal and Piel forms occur where water is put into troughs or jars, a cloud occupies the house, and a place is made full with a material. In Exodus 2:16 the APB renders the daughters as having “filled the troughs,” while in 1 Kings 8:10 it renders the cloud as filling the house; 2 Kings 3:20 presents the land filled with water.

   Exodus 2:161 Kings 18:341 Kings 8:102 Kings 3:20Exodus 10:6Ezekiel 7:23
2. Be full of a quality, condition, or experience · common

   The forms describe a person, body, city, or inner area as full of something non-spatial or collectively present. In Exodus 31:3 the APB renders the recipient as filled with the spirit of God and with wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and work; Ezekiel 28:16 describes the midst as filled with violence, and Ezekiel 23:33 describes being filled with drunkenness and sorrow.

   Exodus 31:31 Kings 7:14Ezekiel 28:16Ezekiel 23:33Ecclesiastes 1:8Ezekiel 7:19
3. Bring a span, number, or spoken word to completion · common

   Piel and Qal forms appear in clauses about days reaching their stated end, a number of days being completed, and a spoken word being brought about. In 1 Kings 8:15 the APB renders the clause that the LORD spoke to David and “fulfilled it with his hand”; 1 Chronicles 17:11 and Daniel 10:3 concern days being fulfilled or completed.

   1 Kings 8:151 Kings 8:241 Chronicles 17:112 Samuel 7:12Exodus 23:26Daniel 10:3
4. Consecrate or appoint in an installation clause · occasional

   Piel forms occur in instructions and actions concerning a person’s hand, dedication, or appointment. In 1 Chronicles 29:5 the APB renders an invitation to “consecrate his hand,” Exodus 29:35 renders the command “ordain their hand,” and 1 Kings 13:33 presents someone being ordained as a priest.

   1 Chronicles 29:5Exodus 29:352 Chronicles 29:311 Kings 13:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB commonly uses “filled” for spaces, vessels, persons, and conditions, while it uses “fulfilled” or “completed” for words and days and “consecrate” or “ordain” in installation clauses. Because the APB is a translation of whole verses, these renderings indicate the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed equivalents.