Judges 20:2:4Judg.20.2.W4TAB

כֹּ֚ל

kol

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Transliteration
KOL
Extended
KOHL
IPA
/ˈkoːl/

Meaning by language

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Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    KOL

  2. clause

    va-yit-ya-tsu-VU pi-NOT kol-ha-AM KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL bik-HAL AM ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. sentence

    va-yit-ya-tsu-VU pi-NOT kol-ha-AM KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL bik-HAL AM ha-e-lo-HIM ar-BA me-OT E-lef ISH rag-LI sho-LEF KHA-rev

Exegesis

The subject pinnot {פִּנּ֣וֹת | pinnôt} is apposed by the coordinated phrases kol-ha-am {כָּל־הָעָם | kol-hā-ʿām} and kol shivtei yisrael {כֹּ֚ל שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | kol šibᵊṭê yiśrāʾēl}, emphasizing comprehensive tribal representation.

Root and etymology

k-l-lkaf–lamed–lamed

complete destruction

In contextJudges 20:2

And the chiefs of all the people, from every tribe of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of God —four hundred thousand infantrymen drawing the sword.

About this coordinate

Judges 20:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:2, so the Hebrew word כֹּ֚ל (kol) 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.20.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.2.W4.S1) and character.