2 Samuel 15:10:82 Sam.15.10.W8TAB
אֶת־ק֣וֹל
etkol
“the sound of”
- Transliteration
- et-KOL
- Extended
- eht-KOHL
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.qoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sound of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-KOL
- phraseyour reading level
et-KOL ha-sho-FAR
- clause
ke-sha-me-a-KHEM et-KOL ha-sho-FAR va-a-mar-TEM ma-LAKH av-sha-LOM be-khev-RON
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM me-rag-GE-lim be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR ke-sha-me-a-KHEM et-KOL ha-sho-FAR va-a-mar-TEM ma-LAKH av-sha-LOM be-khev-RON
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the temporal clause kəšāməḵem {כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ | kē·šām·ə·ḵem} ‘when you hear’ governs ʾet-qōl ha-šōp̄ār {אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר | ʾet-qōl ha·šō·p̄ār} ‘the sound of the trumpet’, setting the trigger.
Root and etymology
Rootqof-vav-lamed
“voice, sound”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:10
And Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel to say, “When you hear the sound of the trumpet , you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron .’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 15:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־ק֣וֹל (etkol) 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 Sam.15.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.10.W8.S1) and character.