Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Murray Hogg <muzhogg AT netspace.net.au>]

Hi Folks,

A question has arisen on another list of which I am part as to the 
translation of לתמו (from תמם) in 2 Chron 18:33.

Most English translations give "at random" or "at a venture" - but the idea 
of randomness or chance doesn't occur in my rather limited references.

Nor am I able to get to a library for the next few days.

Could some kind soul please offer a couple of remarks as to why it is the translators 
might have chosen "at random/at a venture" in this place when the lexicon 
entry seems to centre upon notions of fullness or completeness?

Thanks in advance,
Murray Hogg
Melbourne, Australia