1 Kings 18:24:141 Kgs.18.24.W14TAB
כָּל־הָעָ֛ם
kolhaam
“all the people”
- Transliteration
- KOL-ha-am
- Extended
- KOOL-haa-am
- IPA
- /kɔl.haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KOL-ha-am
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AN KOL-ha-am
- clause
va-ya-AN KOL-ha-am va-yo-me-RU TOV ha-da-VAR
- sentence
u-kra-TEM be-SHEM e-lo-HE-khem va-a-NI e-kra ve-SHEM-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-YA ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER-ya-a-NE va-ESH HU ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-AN KOL-ha-am va-yo-me-RU TOV ha-da-VAR
Exegesis
In the closing sequence, the vav-consecutive verbs wayaʿan and wayyoʾəmrū in the clause kol-hā-ʿā́m {כָּל־הָעָ֛ם | kol-hā-ʿā́m} ‘all the people’ narrate their immediate assent, and the phrase ṭōḇ ha-dā-ḇār {ט֥וֹב הַדָּבָֽר | ṭōḇ ha-dā-ḇār} ‘good is the matter’ serves as an idiomatic endorsement. The structure moves from challenge to demonstration to communal affirmation in a tightly balanced prophetic oration.
In context — 1 Kings 18:24
And you will call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD , and the God who answers by fire—He is God. Then all the people answered and said, “The word is good .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:24:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 18:24, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הָעָ֛ם (kolhaam) 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.18.24.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.24.W14.S1) and character.