2 Samuel 16:18:112 Sam.16.18.W11TAB
וְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ
vekholish
“and all the man or every man”
- Transliteration
- ve-khol-ISH
- Extended
- veh-khol-EESH
- IPA
- /vəkɔlˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and all the man or every man
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khol-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM LO KI a-SHER ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM LO KI a-SHER ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL lo LO e-HE-ye ve-i-TO e-SHEV
Exegesis
Hushai then uses lo {לֹ֕א | lōʾ} ‘no’ plus the adversative kî {כִּי֩ | kî} ‘but’ to introduce a corrective emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:18
And Hushai said to Absalom, “Not so; but I will be for the one whom the LORD , this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, and I will remain with him .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ (vekholish) 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.16.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.18.W11.S1) and character.