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title: תַּכְלִית — end · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּכְלִית (8503), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: end. BDB 1906: n.f. end, completeness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּכְלִית

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«תַּכְלִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **end** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 8503 · **BDB:** תַּכְלִית

### Glosses

the.end (2); \[the\].end (1); completeness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

end [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8503/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. end, completeness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8503/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. end, completeness;—ת׳ abs. Jb 11:7; 28:3; cstr. Ne 3:21 + 2 times;— end, וְעַד־ת׳ בֵּית וגו׳ Ne 3:21 even unto the end of the house of Eliashib; עַד־ת׳ אוֹר עִם־חֹשֶׁךְ Jb 26:10 unto the end of (= boundary betw.) light and darkness; וּלְכָל־ת׳ הוּא חוֹקֵר 28:3 and to every end (= to the farthest limit) he exploreth; עַד־ת׳ שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָא Jb 11:7 unto the end of Shadday wilt thou reach (so as to know him fully)? completeness, as acc. of manner (DaSynt. § 70 b) ת׳ שִׂנְאָה שְׂנֵאתִים ψ 139:22 with completeness of hatred I hate them.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּכְלִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8503/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.7/)

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הַחֵ֣קֶר אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּמְצָ֑א אִ֤ם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית שַׁדַּ֣י תִּמְצָֽא׃

*Word for word:* the searching? of.God will.you.find or? to the.end of.\[the\].Almighty will.you.find

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?

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[Psalms 139:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.22/)

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תַּכְלִ֣ית שִׂנְאָ֣ה שְׂנֵאתִ֑ים לְ֝אוֹיְבִ֗ים הָ֣יוּ לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* completeness of.hatred I hate.them (into) enemies they.have.become to me

*JPS 1917:* I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.

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