2 Samuel 5:3:22 Sam.5.3.W2TAB
כָּל־זִקְנֵ֨י
kolzikne
“all the elders of”
- Transliteration
- kol-zik-NE
- Extended
- kohl-zik-NEE
- IPA
- /kol.zɪqˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the elders of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kol-zik-NE
- phraseyour reading level
kol-zik-NE yis-ra-EL el-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-BO-u kol-zik-NE yis-ra-EL el-ha-ME-lekh khev-ro-NA va-yikh-ROT la-HEM ha-ME-lekh da-VID be-RIT be-khev-RON lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-BO-u kol-zik-NE yis-ra-EL el-ha-ME-lekh khev-ro-NA va-yikh-ROT la-HEM ha-ME-lekh da-VID be-RIT be-khev-RON lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yim-she-KHU et-da-VID le-ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The noun phrase kol ziqnē yiśrā’ēl {כָּל־זִקְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל | kol ziqnē yiśrā’ēl} ‘all elders of Israel’ is a construct chain.
Root and etymology
z-q-nzayin–qof–nun
“to grow old; senior”
In context — 2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them there in Hebron before the LORD , and they anointed David as king over Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 5:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 5:3, so the Hebrew word כָּל־זִקְנֵ֨י (kolzikne) 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.5.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.5.3.W2.S1) and character.