2 Kings 23:2:62 Kgs.23.2.W6TAB
וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֵ֨י
vekholyosheve
“and all the inhabitants of”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE
- Extended
- veh-KHOL-yoh-sheh-VEE
- IPA
- /wəˈxɔl.joʃăˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and all the inhabitants of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHOL-ish ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- clause
va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHOL-ish ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim i-TO ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-KHOL-ha-AM le-mik-ka-TON ve-AD-ga-DOL
- sentence
va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHOL-ish ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim i-TO ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-KHOL-ha-AM le-mik-ka-TON ve-AD-ga-DOL va-yik-RA be-oz-ne-HEM et-KHOL-div-RE SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-nim-TSA be-VET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A repeated series of coordinated groups introduced by wə-khol {וְכָל־ | wə-khol} ‘and all’ underscores collective participation.
Root and etymology
Rootš-v-b
“to turn, return”
In context — 2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to the house of the LORD , and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people from the least to the greatest, and he read in their hearing all the words of the covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 23:2, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֵ֨י (vekholyosheve) 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.23.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.2.W6.S1) and character.