וְכֹ֖ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְכֹ֖ל

   ve-KHOL

   and all
2. clause🔊 לֹֽא־תַחְמֹ֞ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃

   lo-takh-MOD E-shet re-E-kha ve-av-DO va-a-ma-TO ve-sho-RO va-kha-mo-RO ve-KHOL a-SHER le-re-E-kha

   do not covet wife of your neighbor and his male servant and his female servant and his ox and his donkey and all that to your neighbor
3. sentence🔊 לֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֹֽא־תַחְמֹ֞ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃

   LO takh-MOD BEIT re-E-kha lo-takh-MOD E-shet re-E-kha ve-av-DO va-a-ma-TO ve-sho-RO va-kha-mo-RO ve-KHOL a-SHER le-re-E-kha

   not covet house of your neighbor do not covet wife of your neighbor and his male servant and his female servant and his ox and his donkey and all that to your neighbor

Exegesis

The final relative clause ve-kol asher le-re’ekha {וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶךָ | wə-ḵōl ʾă-šer lə-rē-ʿe-kā} ‘and all that belongs to your neighbor’ ensures comprehensive coverage of possessions. The formal reconstruction mirrors the repetition of lo + tachmod, whereas the dynamic reconstruction shifts to idiomatic expressions ‘set your heart’ and ‘crave’ for stylistic variation.

Root and etymology

q-l-l🔊 ק־ל־לqof–lamed–lamed

“all, entire”

• 🔊 מִכֹּלmikkolfrom allGenesis 8:22