וְעַ֣ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְעַ֣ד

   ve-AD

   and unto
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְעַ֣ד קָדְקֳד֔וֹ

   ve-AD kad-ke-DO

   and unto his crown of head
3. clause🔊 מִכַּ֤ף רַגְלוֹ֙ וְעַ֣ד קָדְקֳד֔וֹ לֹא־הָ֥יָה ב֖וֹ מֽוּם׃

   mi-KAF rag-LO ve-AD kad-ke-DO lo-ha-YA VO MUM

   from the sole of his foot and unto his crown of head there was not in him blemish
4. sentence🔊 וּכְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹם לֹא־הָיָ֧ה אִישׁ־יָפֶ֛ה בְּכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהַלֵּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד מִכַּ֤ף רַגְלוֹ֙ וְעַ֣ד קָדְקֳד֔וֹ לֹא־הָ֥יָה ב֖וֹ מֽוּם׃

   u-khe-av-sha-LOM lo-ha-YA ish-ya-FE be-khol-yis-ra-EL le-hal-LEL me-OD mi-KAF rag-LO ve-AD kad-ke-DO lo-ha-YA VO MUM

   and like Absalom or and as for Absalom there was not a man handsome in all Israel to praise very from the sole of his foot and unto his crown of head there was not in him blemish

Exegesis

The merism mi-kaf raglo ve-ad kadkodo {מִכַּ֤ף רַגְלוֹ֙ וְעַ֣ד קָדְקֳד֔וֹ | mikkap̄ raglāw wəʿad qādəqōḏô} “from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head” signifies total bodily extent.