H7097b H7097b
end, limit; used in the phrase 'no end to' indicating boundlessness
A noun meaning 'end' or 'limit,' appearing exclusively in the fixed phrase 'there is no end to' (אֵין קֵצֶה). Isaiah 2:7 uses it twice: there is no end to Judah's silver and gold, nor to their chariots—an ironic indictment of materialistic excess. Nahum deploys the same construction for Nineveh's plundered wealth (2:9), heaped corpses (3:3), and limitless strength (3:9). Spanish 'fin' and 'límite' along with French 'extrémité' confirm the spatial-quantitative sense of a boundary that does not exist.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An end or limit, always negated in the phrase 'there is no end to,' expressing inexhaustible quantity or extent. Spanish 'fin' / 'límite' and French 'extrémité' converge on the boundary concept. Isaiah 2:7 pairs it twice for Judah's endless wealth and chariots, while Nahum applies it to Nineveh's bottomless plunder (2:9), innumerable corpses (3:3), and boundless military strength (3:9)—each time underscoring overwhelming, unchecked excess. 5×
AR["نِهَايَةٌ"]·ben["শেষ"]·DE["[קצה]"]·EN["end", "limit"]·FR["[קצה]", "extrémité"]·heb["קץ", "קצה"]·HI["अंत", "अन्त"]·ID["akhir", "batas", "batas;", "habis"]·IT["estremita", "fine"]·jav["pungkasan", "wates"]·KO["끝-이", "끝이"]·PT["fim"]·RU["конца"]·ES["fin", "límite"]·SW["mwisho"]·TR["son", "sonu"]·urd["انتہا", "حد"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קֵ֫צֶה (Baer קֶצֶה) n.[m.] end (on—ֵBaNB § 12 a, and [on ה] Köii. 1, 65);—only אֵין ק׳, usually + ל, no end to (of), Is 2:7(×2) Na 2:10; 3:3; abs. אֵין קֵ֑צֶה v 9.