1 Kings 18:28:21 Kgs.18.28.W2TAB
בְּק֣וֹל
bekol
“with a voice”
- Transliteration
- be-KOL
- Extended
- beh-KOHL
- IPA
- /bəˈqoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a voice
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KOL
- phraseyour reading level
be-KOL ga-DOL
- clause
va-yik-re-U be-KOL ga-DOL va-yit-go-de-DU ke-mish-pa-TAM ba-kha-ra-VOT u-var-ma-KHIM
- sentence
va-yik-re-U be-KOL ga-DOL va-yit-go-de-DU ke-mish-pa-TAM ba-kha-ra-VOT u-var-ma-KHIM ad-she-FAKH-DAM a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The construct phrase bekol gadol {בְּק֣וֹל גָּד֔וֹל | bə-qôl gâ-ḏôl} ‘with a great voice’ intensifies the volume of their outcry.
Root and etymology
ק־ו־ל
“voice, sound”
In context — 1 Kings 18:28
And they called out with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and spears, until their blood poured out upon them.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:28, so the Hebrew word בְּק֣וֹל (bekol) 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.18.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.28.W2.S1) and character.