2 Chronicles 20:27:22 Chr.20.27.W2TAB
כָּל־אִ֨ישׁ
kalish
“every man”
- Transliteration
- KAL-i-SH
- Extended
- KAAL-ee-SHEESH
- IPA
- /kɔl.ʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- every man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KAL-i-SH
- phraseyour reading level
KAL-i-SH ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu KAL-i-SH ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT be-ro-SHAM la-SHUV el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim be-sim-KHA
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu KAL-i-SH ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT be-ro-SHAM la-SHUV el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim be-sim-KHA ki-sim-me-KHAM ye-ho-VAH me-o-ye-VE-hem
Exegesis
The universal subject kol-ish {כָּל־אִישׁ | kāl-’îš} ‘every man’ is paired with the coordinated subjects Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | yə·hū·dāh} ‘Judah’ and Yerushalayim {וִירוּשָׁלִַם | wî·yərū·šā·la·yim} ‘Jerusalem,’ merging tribal and civic identities.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:27
And all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice over their enemies.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 20:27, so the Hebrew word כָּל־אִ֨ישׁ (kalish) 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 2 Chr.20.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.27.W2.S1) and character.