fullness
me.lo denotes what fills a place or constitutes its full measure, from a land’s contents to a full handful.
The term most often marks the contents or inhabitants associated with a larger whole, especially land, sea, world, city, or earth. It also describes a full measured amount in a hand, vessel, garment, house, or cord, and in a few clauses it marks an extent such as Saul’s full length on the ground or the breadth of a land.
Senses in use
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Contents filling a place or whole · dominant
In Psalm 24:1, the construct form joins the earth with what belongs within it; the APB renders the phrase “the earth and its fullness,” followed by “the world and those who dwell in it.” The same relation is visible when the sea is paired with all that fills it in Psalm 98:7 and when a city or land and its associated contents are devastated in Amos 6:8 and Jeremiah 47:2.
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A full measured quantity · common
The construct form identifies an amount defined by its container or measure: Exodus 9:8 has soot taken in a full handful, Judges 6:38 has water amounting to a bowlful, and 2 Kings 4:39 describes gourds gathered to the capacity of a garment. In Numbers 22:18, the APB renders a house “full of silver and gold,” while Exodus 16:33 places an omer of manna in a jar.
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Full extent or breadth · occasional
In 1 Samuel 28:20, the construct form occurs in the clause describing Saul falling at full length on the ground. In 2 Samuel 8:2 it qualifies the cord used to preserve some alive, and Isaiah 8:8 places it with the breadth of the land as the overflowing force reaches across it.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the term through “its fullness,” “all that fills it,” and expressions of a full amount such as “full of” or “a fullness of a bowl.” These renderings confirm the clauses’ overall presentation rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every verse.