Exodus 15:26:4Exod.15.26.W4TAB
לְק֣וֹל
lekol
“to the voice of the”
- Transliteration
- le-KOL
- Extended
- leh-KOHL
- IPA
- /ləˈqoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the voice of the
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
le-KOL
- phraseyour reading level
le-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
va-yo-MER IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA le-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-ha-ya-SHAR be-eh-NAAV ta-a-SE ve-ha-a-zan-TA le-mits-vo-TAAV ve-sha-mar-TA kol-khuk-KAAV
- sentence
va-yo-MER IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA le-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-ha-ya-SHAR be-eh-NAAV ta-a-SE ve-ha-a-zan-TA le-mits-vo-TAAV ve-sha-mar-TA kol-khuk-KAAV kal-ha-ma-kha-LAA a-sher-SAM-ti ve-mits-RA-yim lo-a-SEEM a-LE-kha KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH rof-E-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-qol YHWH elohêkha {לְק֣וֹל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ | lə-qōl Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-khā} ‘to the voice of the LORD your God’ functions as the direct object, anchoring divine authority.
In context — Exodus 15:26
And He said, “If you diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God , and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commandments, and keep all His statutes , I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD your Healer.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 15:26, so the Hebrew word לְק֣וֹל (lekol) 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.15.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.26.W4.S1) and character.