1 Kings 15:20:181 Kgs.15.20.W18TAB
כָּל־כִּנְר֔וֹת
kalkinrot
“all Chinneroth”
- Transliteration
- kal-kin-ROT
- Extended
- kaal-kihn-ROHT
- IPA
- /kɔl.kinˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- all Chinneroth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kal-kin-ROT
- clause
ve-ET kal-kin-ROT AL kal-E-rets naf-ta-LI
- sentence
va-yish-MA ben-ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo al-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-YAKH et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-ET kal-kin-ROT AL kal-E-rets naf-ta-LI
Exegesis
A final vav-consecutive wayyakh {וַיַּךְ֙ | wayyāḵ} ‘and he struck’ launches the battle account with accusative markers introducing toponyms: et-iyon {אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן | ʾet-ʿiyyōn} ‘Iyon,’ ve-et-dan {וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן | wə-ʾet-dān} ‘and Dan,’ ve-et {וְאֵ֖ת | wə-ʾēṯ} marking Abel (avel {אָבֵ֣ל | ʼāḇēl} ‘Abel’), beit-maakah {בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה | bēt-ma‘āḵāh} ‘Beth Maacah,’ and ve-et-kol-kinerot {וְאֵת כָּל־כִּנְרוֹת | wə-ʾet-kāl-kinərôṯ} ‘and all Kinneroth.’
Root and etymology
כ־ל
“all”
In context — 1 Kings 15:20
Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent his commanders against the cities of Israel; they struck Iyon, Dan, Abel Beth-Maacah, and all Kinnereth , throughout the land of Naphtali.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:20:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 15:20, so the Hebrew word כָּל־כִּנְר֔וֹת (kalkinrot) 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.15.20.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.20.W18.S1) and character.