1 Samuel 15:19:31 Sam.15.19.W3TAB
בְּק֣וֹל
behkol
“voice of the”
- Transliteration
- beh-KOL
- Extended
- beh-KOHL
- IPA
- /bəˈqoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- voice of the
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
beh-KOL
- phraseyour reading level
beh-KOL Yeh-ho-VAH
- clause
veh-lahm-MA loh-shah-mah-eh-TA beh-KOL Yeh-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-lahm-MA loh-shah-mah-eh-TA beh-KOL Yeh-ho-VAH vah-ta-AT el-ha-sha-LAL vah-ta-AS hah-RA beh-eh-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bekol {בְּקוֹל | bə-ˈkōl} YHWH {יְהוָה | yə-hō-ˈwä} ‘to the voice of the LORD’ underscores divine authority.
Root and etymology
Rootq-w-l
“sound”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:19
And why did you not listen to the voice of the LORD ? Instead, you swooped upon the plunder and did the evil in the eyes of the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:19, so the Hebrew word בְּק֣וֹל (behkol) 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.15.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.19.W3.S1) and character.