1 Kings 15:3:21 Kgs.15.3.W2TAB
בְּכָל־חַטֹּ֥אות
bekholkhatoot
“in all sins of”
- Transliteration
- be-KHOL-kha-to-OT
- Extended
- beh-KHOL-khah-toh-OHT
- IPA
- /bəˈχɔl.ħatːɔˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in all sins of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHOL-kha-to-OT
- phraseyour reading level
be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The construct chain b’khol ḥattō’ōt ’ă-vîw {בְּכָל־חַטֹּאות אָבִ֖יו | bə-ḵol-ḥat-tō’ōt-’ā-vîw} ‘in all the sins of his father’ employs a construct linkage to tie the scope of transgressions directly to the patriarch.
Root and etymology
chet–tet–alephchet–tet–aleph
“to miss the mark, sin”
In context — 1 Kings 15:3
He kept to all the sins his father had practiced before him, and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God , unlike the heart of David his father.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 15:3, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־חַטֹּ֥אות (bekholkhatoot) 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.15.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.3.W2.S1) and character.