Deuteronomy 15:19:1Deut.15.19.W1TAB
כָּֽל־הַבְּכ֡וֹר
kolhabekhor
“Every firstborn”
- Transliteration
- KOL-ha-be-KHOR
- Extended
- KAAL-ha-be-KHOHR
- IPA
- /kol.habˈxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Every firstborn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KOL-ha-be-KHOR
- clause
KOL-ha-be-KHOR a-SHER yi-va-LED biv-kar-KHA uv-tso-NKHA ha-za-KHAR tak-DISH la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
KOL-ha-be-KHOR a-SHER yi-va-LED biv-kar-KHA uv-tso-NKHA ha-za-KHAR tak-DISH la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LO ta-a-VOD biv-KHOR sho-RE-kha ve-LO ta-GOZ be-KHOR tso-NE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the noun phrase kol-ha-bekhor {כָּל־הַבְּכוֹר | kōl-hă-bĕ-khōr} ‘all the firstborn’, where the maqqef links kol ‘all’ to bekhor ‘firstborn’ to express totality.
Root and etymology
Rootbet-kaf-resh
“firstborn”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:19
Every firstborn male born in your herd and in your flock you shall set apart for the LORD your God . You must not work with the firstborn of your ox or shear the firstborn of your sheep.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 15:19, so the Hebrew word כָּֽל־הַבְּכ֡וֹר (kolhabekhor) 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.15.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.19.W1.S1) and character.