1 Samuel 15:18:121 Sam.15.18.W12TAB
כַּלּוֹתָ֖ם
kalotahm
“their destruction”
- Transliteration
- ka-lo-TAHM
- Extended
- kah-loh-TAAHM
- IPA
- /kaɫ.loːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their destruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ka-lo-TAHM
- phraseyour reading level
AD ka-lo-TAHM
- clause
va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
- sentence
va-yish-la-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH be-DA-rekh va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
Exegesis
Finally, ăd {עַד | until} plus the Piel infinitive construct kăl-lō-tām {כַּלּוֹתָם | to finish them} and pronoun ʾō-tām {אֹתָם | them} conveys the absolute finality of the divine ban.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:18
And the LORD sent you on a journey and said, “Go and utterly devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight them until you have completely finished them.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word כַּלּוֹתָ֖ם (kalotahm) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.15.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.18.W12.S1) and character.