1 Samuel 21:4:61 Sam.21.4.W6TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:5
חֹ֖ל
khol
“common”
- Transliteration
- KHOL
- Extended
- KHOHL
- IPA
- /ˈħoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- common
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
KHOL
- phraseyour reading level
EN-LE-khem KHOL
- clause
va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID va-yo-MER EN-LE-khem KHOL el-ta-KHAT ya-DI
- sentence
va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID va-yo-MER EN-LE-khem KHOL el-ta-KHAT ya-DI ki-im-LE-khem KO-desh YESH im-ha-ne-a-RIM AKH me-i-SHA
Exegesis
The term ha-cholim {הַחֹלִים | ha-ḥōlîm} ‘common bread’ is countered by ella {אֶלָּא | ʼellāʼ} ‘except’, restricting the available bread to la-kohanim {לַכֹּהֲנִים | la-kōhānîm} ‘for the priests’ alone (le-vaddam {לְבַדָּם | lə-vaḏḏām} ‘alone’).
Root and etymology
ח־ל־ב
“milk”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:4
And the priest answered David and said, “I have no common bread under my hand, but only the bread for the priests, if the men have kept themselves from women.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 21:4, so the Hebrew word חֹ֖ל (khol) 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.21.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.4.W6.S1) and character.