What Does 1 Kings 7:40 Mean in the King James?
And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The ending is visible in the finished vessels: completion takes material shape.
THE MEANING
Work reaches completion, and that completion can be seen in what has been made: basins, shovels, and bowls. The task has a boundary, and its finished objects remain.
THE ROOT
וַיְכַל
vayekhal
GROWS FROM
כלה
to be complete, finish, or come to an end
“made an end” in this verse is vayekhal. The verb וַיְכַל (vayekhal, “he finished”) gives the work a clear boundary: it reaches completion. This root can also describe something spent or consumed, so an ending is the process reaching its limit and becoming complete.
ALSO GROWS
killah: completed, finished
כִּלָּה
This form uses the same כ־ל־ה root to describe bringing work to completion.
nikhlah: was consumed, spent, or came to an end
נִכְלָה
This form retains the same root consonants; its sense of being spent shows the root’s connection between reaching an end and being consumed.
THE PATTERN
Completion becomes visible through the work that reaches its finished form.
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.THE THREAD
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.Genesis 2:2 uses the same Hebrew verb וַיְכַל (vayekhal, “he finished”), from the root כלה. There, as here, work reaches its completion; the finished work makes the ending visible.
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