2 Samuel 22:38:62 Sam.22.38.W6TAB
עַד־כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃
adkalotam
“until their completion or being finished”
- Transliteration
- ad-ka-lo-TAM
- Extended
- ahd-kah-loh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʕad.kal.loːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- until their completion or being finished
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-ka-lo-TAM
- clause
ve-LO a-SHUV ad-ka-lo-TAM
- sentence
e-red-pe-FA o-ye-VAI va-ash-me-DEM ve-LO a-SHUV ad-ka-lo-TAM
Exegesis
The preposition ad {עַד־ | ʿad} plus infinitive kallotam {כַּלּוֹתָֽם | kal·lô·tām} ‘until their being finished’ marks the completion of enemy destruction. The unbroken progression from pursuit to destruction and nonreturn to completion forms a rhetorical chain underscoring total victory.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–lamed–he
“to complete, consume”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:38
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and I did not turn back until they were finished off .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:38:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 22:38, so the Hebrew word עַד־כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃ (adkalotam) 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 2 Sam.22.38.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.38.W6.S1) and character.