1 Samuel 15:14:41 Sam.15.14.W4TAB
קֽוֹל־הַצֹּ֥אן
kolhatson
“the sound of the flock”
- Transliteration
- kol-ha-TSON
- Extended
- kohl-hah-TSOHN
- IPA
- /qoːl.hatˈtsoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sound of the flock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kol-ha-TSON
- phraseyour reading level
kol-ha-TSON ha-ZE
- clause
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL u-ME kol-ha-TSON ha-ZE be-oz-NAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL u-ME kol-ha-TSON ha-ZE be-oz-NAI ve-KOL ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-no-KHI sho-ME-a
Exegesis
Two parallel nominal clauses—qol ha-tson ha-zeh be-oznai {קוֹל-הַצֹּאן הַזֶּה בְּאָזְנָי | qōl ha-ṣōʾān ha-zēh bə-ʾōzānāy} and ve-qol ha-bakar asher anokhi shomea {וְקוֹל הַבָּקָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי שֹׁמֵעַ | wə-qōl ha-bā-qār ʾă-šer ʾā-nō-ḵî šō-mē-ʿā} employ the noun qol {קוֹל | qōl} in both clauses to create rhetorical symmetry.
Root and etymology
q-w-lqof–vav–lamed
“voice, sound”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:14
Samuel said, “What then is this sound of the flock in my ears, and the sound of the cattle that I am hearing?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 15:14, so the Hebrew word קֽוֹל־הַצֹּ֥אן (kolhatson) 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 Sam.15.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.14.W4.S1) and character.