1 Samuel 15:20:61 Sam.15.20.W6TAB
בְּק֣וֹל
bekol
“the voice of”
- Transliteration
- be-KOL
- Extended
- beh-KOHL
- IPA
- /bəˈqoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the voice of
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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Word in context
- word
be-KOL
- phraseyour reading level
be-KOL ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti be-KOL ye-ho-VAH va-e-LEKH ba-DE-rekh a-SHER-she-la-KHA-ni ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti be-KOL ye-ho-VAH va-e-LEKH ba-DE-rekh a-SHER-she-la-KHA-ni ye-ho-VAH va-a-VI et-a-GAG ME-lekh a-ma-LEK ve-et-a-ma-LEK he-khe-RAM-e-ti
Exegesis
The phrase beqol {בְּק֣וֹל | bə-qōl} ‘in the voice’ links Saul’s claim of compliance to divine command.
Root and etymology
Rootq-w-l
“sound”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:20
And Saul said to Samuel, “I fully obeyed the voice of the LORD and traveled the path on which the LORD sent me, and I brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed Amalek.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 15:20, so the Hebrew word בְּק֣וֹל (bekol) 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.15.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.20.W6.S1) and character.