1 Samuel 15:14:71 Sam.15.14.W7TAB

וְק֣וֹל

vekol

and the sound of

Transliteration
ve-KOL
Extended
veh-KOHL
IPA
/vəˈqoːl/

Meaning by language

English
and the sound of

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Result
וְ + ק֣וֹל
ve + kol
vekol

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-KOL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-KOL ha-ba-KAR

  3. clause

    ve-KOL ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-no-KHI sho-ME-a

  4. 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 context1 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 15:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 15:14, so the Hebrew word וְק֣וֹל (vekol) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.14.W7.S1) and character.