2 Samuel 23:8:172 Sam.23.8.W17TAB
חָלָ֖ל
khalal
“slain”
- Transliteration
- kha-LAL
- Extended
- khaa-LAAL
- IPA
- /ħaːˈlaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- slain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
kha-LAL
- clause
yo-SHEV ba-she-VET takh-ke-mo-NI ROSH ha-sha-li-SHI HU a-di-NO ha-e-tsa-NU ha-ets-NE al-she-mo-NE me-OT kha-LAL be-fa-AM e-KHAD e-KHAT
- sentence
E-le she-MOT ha-gi-bo-RIM a-SHER le-da-VID yo-SHEV ba-she-VET takh-ke-mo-NI ROSH ha-sha-li-SHI HU a-di-NO ha-e-tsa-NU ha-ets-NE al-she-mo-NE me-OT kha-LAL be-fa-AM e-KHAD e-KHAT
Exegesis
The prepositional sequence al shemoneh meot chalal {עַל־שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת חָלָל | ʿal še-mo-nê mē-ʾôṯ ḥā-lāl} ‘against eight hundred slain’ conveys scope through Hebrew numeral multiplication.
Root and etymology
ח־ל־ל
“slain”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:8
These are the names of the mighty men who belonged to David: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahkemonite, chief of the three; he was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 23:8, so the Hebrew word חָלָ֖ל (khalal) 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.23.8.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.8.W17.S1) and character.