2 Kings 22:2:62 Kgs.22.2.W6TAB
בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙
bekholderekh
“in all the way of”
- Transliteration
- be-KHOL-DE-rekh
- Extended
- beh-KHOHL-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /bəkɔlˈdɛ.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- in all the way 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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHOL-DE-rekh
- clause
va-ye-LEKH be-KHOL-DE-rekh da-VID a-VIV ve-LO-SAHR ya-MIN u-se-MOL
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-E-ne ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH be-KHOL-DE-rekh da-VID a-VIV ve-LO-SAHR ya-MIN u-se-MOL
Exegesis
Wayyēleḵ bĕ-kāl-ḏereḵ Dāwiḏ ’āḇîw {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יו | wayyēleḵ bĕ-kāl-ḏereḵ Dāwiḏ ’āḇîw} ‘and he walked in the whole way of David his father’ uses a construct chain to indicate emulation.
Root and etymology
d-r-kdalet–resh–kaf
“path, way”
In context — 2 Kings 22:2
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , and he walked in the whole way of David his father; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 22:2, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ (bekholderekh) 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.22.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.2.W6.S1) and character.