Judges 18:17:21Judg.18.17.W21TAB
כְּלֵ֥י
kele
“implements of”
- Transliteration
- ke-LE
- Extended
- keh-LEE
- IPA
- /kəˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- implements of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ke-LE
- phraseyour reading level
ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA
- clause
ve-ha-ko-HEN ni-TSAV PE-takh ha-SHA-ar ve-SHESH-me-OT ha-ISH he-kha-GUR ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-ya-A-lu kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets ba-U SHA-ma la-KHU et-ha-PE-sel ve-et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-mas-SE-kha ve-ha-ko-HEN ni-TSAV PE-takh ha-SHA-ar ve-SHESH-me-OT ha-ISH he-kha-GUR ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The locative phrase petach hasha’ar {פֶּ֣תַח הַשַּׁ֔עַר | pe-ṭaḥ ha-šā-‘ār} ‘entrance of the gate’ introduces the setting, and the cumulative expression ve-shesh-me’ot ha’ish hechagur kelei hamilchamah {וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת הָאִ֔ישׁ הֶחָג֖וּר כְּלֵ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָֽה | wə-šēš-me-’ôṯ hā-’îš he-ḥā-gûr kə-lē hā-mil-ḥā-mā} ‘and six hundred men armed with battle gear’ emphasizes the martial presence. English rendering smooths these participial and construct chains into clear relative clauses and noun phrases.
Root and etymology
k-l-mkaf–lamed–mem
“to lack”
In context — Judges 18:17
And five of the men who went to spy out the land went up; they came there and took the carved image , the ephod, the teraphim, and the cast image. Then the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:17:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Judges 18:17, so the Hebrew word כְּלֵ֥י (kele) 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 Judg.18.17.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.17.W21.S1) and character.