Judges 20:16:11Judg.20.16.W11TAB
קֹלֵ֧עַ
kolea
“slinging”
- Transliteration
- ko-LE-a
- Extended
- koh-LEE-ah
- IPA
- /qoːˈleː.ʕaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- slinging
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ko-LE-a
- phraseyour reading level
ko-LE-a ba-E-ven
- clause
kal-ZEH ko-LE-a ba-E-ven el-ha-sa-a-RA ve-LO ya-kha-TI
- sentence
mi-KOL ha-AM ha-ZEH she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR i-TER yad-ye-mi-NO kal-ZEH ko-LE-a ba-E-ven el-ha-sa-a-RA ve-LO ya-kha-TI
Exegesis
The distributive kol·zeh qōlêaʿ {כָּל־זֶה קֹלֵעַ | kol zeh qō-lê-aʿ} emphasizes each individual’s role as a slinger.
Root and etymology
ק־ל־ע
“to sling, hurl”
In context — Judges 20:16
From all these people there were seven hundred select men who were left-handed; each could sling a stone at a single hair and still not fail.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 20:16, so the Hebrew word קֹלֵ֧עַ (kolea) 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.20.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.16.W11.S1) and character.