1 Kings 15:16:81 Kgs.15.16.W8TAB
כָּל־יְמֵיהֶֽם׃
kalyemehem
“all their days”
- Transliteration
- KAL-ye-me-HEM
- Extended
- KAAL-yeh-may-HEHM
- IPA
- /ˈkaːl.jəmeːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- all their days
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KAL-ye-me-HEM
- sentence
u-mil-kha-MA hai-TA BEN A-sa u-BEN ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL KAL-ye-me-HEM
Exegesis
The temporal phrase kol yemeihem {כָּל־יְמֵיהֶם | kol-ye-mē-hem} ‘all their days’ employs kol in construct to indicate the full span of their reigns, rendered in formal and adapted idiomatically in dynamic.
Root and etymology
כ־ל
“all”
In context — 1 Kings 15:16
War continued between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, for all their days .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 15:16, so the Hebrew word כָּל־יְמֵיהֶֽם׃ (kalyemehem) 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 Kgs.15.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.16.W8.S1) and character.