כֻּלָּ֥ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כֻּלָּ֥ם

   ku-LAM

   all of them
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כֻּלָּ֥ם לַאדֹנִ֖י

   ku-LAM la-do-NI

   all of them to my lord
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יוֹאָ֗ב יוֹסֵף֩ יְהוָ֨ה עַל־עַמּ֤וֹ כָּהֵם֙ מֵאָ֣ה פְעָמִ֔ים הֲלֹא֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כֻּלָּ֥ם לַאדֹנִ֖י לַעֲבָדִ֑ים

   va-yo-MER yo-AV yo-SEF ye-ho-VAH al-AM-mo ka-HEM me-A fe-a-MIM ha-LO a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ku-LAM la-do-NI la-va-DIM

   and said Joab may he add the LORD upon his people like them a hundred times are they not my lord the king all of them to my lord as servants
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יוֹאָ֗ב יוֹסֵף֩ יְהוָ֨ה עַל־עַמּ֤וֹ כָּהֵם֙ מֵאָ֣ה פְעָמִ֔ים הֲלֹא֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כֻּלָּ֥ם לַאדֹנִ֖י לַעֲבָדִ֑ים לָ֣מָּה יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ זֹאת֙ אֲדֹנִ֔י לָ֛מָּה יִהְיֶ֥ה לְאַשְׁמָ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-yo-MER yo-AV yo-SEF ye-ho-VAH al-AM-mo ka-HEM me-A fe-a-MIM ha-LO a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ku-LAM la-do-NI la-va-DIM la-MA ye-vak-KESH ZOT a-do-NI la-MA yih-ye le-ash-MA le-yis-ra-EL

   and said Joab may he add the LORD upon his people like them a hundred times are they not my lord the king all of them to my lord as servants why does he seek this my lord why will it be for guilt for Israel

Exegesis

The interrogatives hă-lōʾ {הֲלֹא | hă-lōʾ} and lā-māh {לָמָּה | lā-māh} structure a rhetorical objection, first noting servant status in ʼă-ḏō-nî ham-mé-lekh kul-lām la-ʼă-ḏō-nî la-ʿă-ḇā-ḏîm {אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ כֻּלָּם לַאֲדֹנִי לַעֲבָדִים} and then warning in yiḥ-yēh lə-ʼaš-māh {יִהְיֶה לְאַשְׁמָה} “should it be for guilt.” The progression from blessing to caution mirrors the Hebrew clause order, preserving rhetorical drive and thematic contrast.