1 Kings 20:25:31 Kgs.20.25.W3TAB
חַ֡יִל
khayil
“an army”
- Transliteration
- kha-YIL
- Extended
- khah-YIHL
- IPA
- /ħaˈjil/
Meaning by language
- English
- an army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-YIL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-TA tim-ne-LE-kha kha-YIL
- clause
ve-a-TA tim-ne-LE-kha kha-YIL ka-kha-YIL ha-no-FEL me-o-TAKH ve-SUS ka-SUS ve-RE-khev ka-RE-khev ve-nil-la-kha-MA o-TAM ba-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA tim-ne-LE-kha kha-YIL ka-kha-YIL ha-no-FEL me-o-TAKH ve-SUS ka-SUS ve-RE-khev ka-RE-khev ve-nil-la-kha-MA o-TAM ba-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM va-yish-MA le-ko-LAM va-ya-AS KEN
Exegesis
The parallel phrases kahayil {כַחַיִל | ka-ḥayil} ‘like the army’, kasus {כַסּוּס | ka-sūs} ‘like the horse’, and karekhev {כָּרֶכֶב | ka-re-ḵev} ‘like the chariot’ establish a strict one-to-one replacement pattern.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-lḥē–yōd–lāmed
“strength, military force”
In context — 1 Kings 20:25
And you, count for yourself an army like the army that fell from you, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they are. And he listened to their voice and did so.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 20:25, so the Hebrew word חַ֡יִל (khayil) 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.20.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.25.W3.S1) and character.