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title: תִּכְלָה — completeness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּכְלָה (8502), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: completeness. BDB 1906: n.f. completeness, perfection. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּכְלָה

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«תִּכְלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **completeness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8502 · **BDB:** תִּכְלָה

### Glosses

perfection (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

completeness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8502/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. completeness, perfection [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8502/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. completeness, perfection;—לְכָל־ת׳ רָאִיתִי קֵץ ψ 119:96 to all perfection have I seen an end.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תִּכְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8502/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.96/)

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לְֽכָל תִּ֭כְלָה רָאִ֣יתִי קֵ֑ץ רְחָבָ֖ה מִצְוָתְךָ֣ מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* to all perfection I.have.seen an.end \[is\].broad commandment your exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* I have seen an end to every purpose; but Thy commandment is exceeding broad.

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