1 Chronicles 18:9:81 Chr.18.9.W8TAB
אֶת־כָּל־חֵ֖יל
etkalkheil
“all the army of”
- Transliteration
- et-KAL-KHEIL
- Extended
- eht-KAAL-KHEEYL
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.kɔlˈħeːjl/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the army of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-KAL-KHEIL
- clause
KI hi-KA da-VID et-KAL-KHEIL ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh-tso-VA
- sentence
va-yish-MA TO-u ME-lekh kha-MAT KI hi-KA da-VID et-KAL-KHEIL ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh-tso-VA
Exegesis
The object et-kol-cheil {אֶת-כָּל-חֵּיל | ʾet-kōl-ḥēyl} ‘all the army’ pairs the direct-object marker with kol {כָּל | kāl} plus cheil {חֵּיל | ḥēyl} for totality.
Root and etymology
chet–yod–lamedchet–yod–lamed
“force, army”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:9
And Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck down all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 18:9, so the Hebrew word אֶת־כָּל־חֵ֖יל (etkalkheil) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.18.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.9.W8.S1) and character.