Judges 20:37:8Judg.20.37.W8TAB

אֶת־כָּל־הָעִ֖יר

etkolhair

“{direct object} all the city”

Transliteration: et-kol-ha-IR
Extended: eht-kohl-haa-EER
IPA: /ʔɛt.kɔl.haːˈʕiːr/

Meaning by language

English: {direct object} all the city

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶת + כָּל + הָ + עִ֖יר

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et + kol + ha + ir

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etkolhair

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Lamed	l as in law
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
et-kol-ha-IR
phraseyour reading level
va-YAKH et-kol-ha-IR
clause
va-yim-SHOKH ha-o-REV va-YAKH et-kol-ha-IR le-fi-KHA-rev
sentence
ve-ha-o-REV he-KHI-shu va-yip-she-TU el-ha-giv-A va-yim-SHOKH ha-o-REV va-YAKH et-kol-ha-IR le-fi-KHA-rev

Exegesis

The idiomatic phrase lefi-charēv {לְפִי־חָֽרֶב | lə-p̄î-ḥā-reḇ} ‘by the mouth of the sword’ signals total destruction, and the particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks the entire city as the specific target.

Root and etymology

ע־י־ר

“city”

In context — Judges 20:37

And the ambush hurried and rushed toward Gibeah; then they drew out and struck down the entire city by the edge of the sword .

About this coordinate

Judges 20:37:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:37, so the Hebrew word אֶת־כָּל־הָעִ֖יר (etkolhair) 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.20.37.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.37.W8.S1) and character.

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