Exodus 14:28:7Exod.14.28.W7TAB
חֵ֣יל
kheil
“the army of”
- Transliteration
- KHEIL
- Extended
- KHEEL
- IPA
- /ˈħeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the army of
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
KHEIL
- phraseyour reading level
KHEIL par-OH
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM lo-nish-AR ba-HEM ad-e-KHAD
Exegesis
The phrase lə-khol ḥeil Pāraʿô {לְכֹל חֵיל פַּרְעֹה | lə-ḵōl ḥēyl Pāraʿô} ‘to all the army of Pharaoh’ groups the participants.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-lhet-yod-lamed
“strength, force”
In context — Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, the entire army of Pharaoh that pursued them into the sea, and not one remained among them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 14:28, so the Hebrew word חֵ֣יל (kheil) 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 Exod.14.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.28.W7.S1) and character.