2 Samuel 17:14:32 Sam.17.14.W3TAB

וְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ

vekholish

and all man of

Transliteration
ve-KHOL-ISH
Extended
veh-KHOL-EESH
IPA
/wəkɔl.ˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
and all man of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + כָל + אִ֣ישׁ
ve + khol + ish
vekholish

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-KHOL-ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL to-VA a-TSAT khu-SHAI ha-ar-KI me-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL to-VA a-TSAT khu-SHAI ha-ar-KI me-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA le-ha-FER et-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel hat-to-VA le-va-a-VUR ha-VI ye-ho-VAH el-av-sha-LOM et-ha-ra-A

Exegesis

The coordinated phrase Avshalom and kol-ʾīš Yīsrāʾēl {וְכָל־אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל | wə-kāl ʾīš Yīsrāʾēl} ‘Absalom and all the men of Israel’ signals collective consensus.

Root and etymology

ʾ-n-šaleph–nun–shin

man, person

In context2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” The LORD commanded the frustration of Ahithophel’s good counsel in order to bring disaster upon Absalom.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 17:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 17:14, 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.17.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.14.W3.S1) and character.