2 Samuel 15:23:12 Sam.15.23.W1TAB
וְכָל־הָאָ֗רֶץ
vekholhaarets
“and all the land”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- veh-KHOHL-hah-AA-rehts
- IPA
- /wəˈχɔl.haˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and all the land
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 | |
| 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
ve-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-KHOL-ha-A-rets bo-KHIM KOL ga-DOL ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ha-A-rets bo-KHIM KOL ga-DOL ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM ve-ham-ME-lekh o-VER be-na-KHAL kid-RON ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE-de-rekh et-ham-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the coordinated clause vekhol-ha-aretz {וְכָל־הָאָרֶץ | wə·ḵāl-hā·ʾā·reṣ} ‘and all the land’ followed by the participle bokhim {בּוֹכִים֙ | bō·ḵîm} ‘weeping’ and the noun phrase qol gadol {קוֹל גָּד֔וֹל | qōl gā·dôl} ‘with a loud voice’.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:23
And all the land wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed by; and the king crossed the Kidron Valley , and all the people continued on the road toward the wilderness .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:23, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־הָאָ֗רֶץ (vekholhaarets) 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.15.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.23.W1.S1) and character.