1 Kings 20:1:41 Kgs.20.1.W4TAB
אֶת־כָּל־חֵיל֔וֹ
etkalkheilo
“all his army”
- Transliteration
- et-KAL-KHEI-lo
- Extended
- EHT-KAAL-KHEE-loh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.kɔl.ħeːˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- all his army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
et-KAL-KHEI-lo
- clause
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV
- sentence
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV va-ya-AL va-ya-TSAR al-SHO-mer-ON va-yil-la-KHEM BAH
Exegesis
The perfect verb kavatz {קָבַץ֙ | qā-vaṣ} ‘gathered’ takes the object phrase et-kol-cheylo {אֶת־כָּל־חֵיל֔וֹ | ʼet-kōl-ḥē-lō}, where the et marker signals definiteness and kol-cheylo indicates total force.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-l
“strength”
In context — 1 Kings 20:1
And Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his army and thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. Then he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:1, so the Hebrew word אֶת־כָּל־חֵיל֔וֹ (etkalkheilo) 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.20.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.1.W4.S1) and character.