1 Kings 19:18:51 Kgs.19.18.W5TAB
כָּל־הַבִּרְכַּ֗יִם
kalhabirkayim
“all the knees”
- Transliteration
- kal-ha-bir-KA-yim
- Extended
- kaal-hah-bihr-KAA-yihm
- IPA
- /kɔl.hab.birˈkaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the knees
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kal-ha-bir-KA-yim
- clause
kal-ha-bir-KA-yim a-SHER lo-kha-re-U la-BA-al ve-khal-ha-PE a-SHER lo-na-SHAK LO
- sentence
ve-hish-AR-ti be-yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM kal-ha-bir-KA-yim a-SHER lo-kha-re-U la-BA-al ve-khal-ha-PE a-SHER lo-na-SHAK LO
Exegesis
The distributive expression kol-habirkayim {כָּל־הַבִּרְכַּ֗יִם | kol-habbirkayyâym} ‘all the knees’ takes scope in the relative clause asher lo-karu {אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־כָרְעוּ֙ | ʾašer lō-kārəʿû} ‘that did not bow’, drawing a contrast between the faithful few and the idolatrous majority.
In context — 1 Kings 19:18
But I will leave seven thousand in Israel—every knee that has not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 19:18, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הַבִּרְכַּ֗יִם (kalhabirkayim) 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.19.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.18.W5.S1) and character.