2 Kings 17:5:32 Kgs.17.5.W3TAB
בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
bekholhaarets
“against all the land”
- Transliteration
- be-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- beh-KHOHL-haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /bəχɔl.haːˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- against all the land
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- clause
va-YA-al ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-YA-al ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-KHOL-ha-A-rets va-YA-al shom-re-VON va-YA-tsar a-LE-ha sha-LOSH sha-NIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bekhol ha-’āreṣ {בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ | bə-khol hā-’ā-reṣ} ‘throughout the land’ sets the operational scope before focusing on šomron {שֹׁמְרוֹן | šōm-rōn} ‘Samaria’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣ
“earth, land”
In context — 2 Kings 17:5
And the king of Assyria advanced throughout the land , and he went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 17:5, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ (bekholhaarets) 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 Kgs.17.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.5.W3.S1) and character.