Deuteronomy 13:18:3Deut.13.18.W3TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:19

בְּקוֹל֙

bekol

to the voice

Transliteration
be-KOL
Extended
beh-KOHL
IPA
/bəˈkoːl/

Meaning by language

English
to the voice

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Result
בְּ + קוֹל֙
be + kol
bekol

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-KOL

  2. sentence

    ki tish-MA be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lish-MOR et-KOL-mits-vo-TAV a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA ha-YOM la-a-SOT ha-ya-SHAR be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

Exegesis

The verb tishma {תִשְׁמַע | tišmaʿ} “listen” demands covenantal hearing and is intensified by bekol {בְּקוֹל | bə-qôl} “in the voice.”

In contextDeuteronomy 13:18

This will be so when you listen to the voice of the LORD your God , keeping all His commandments that I command you today, and doing what is upright in the eyes of the LORD your God.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 13:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 13:18, so the Hebrew word בְּקוֹל֙ (bekol) 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 Deut.13.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.18.W3.S1) and character.