Judges 20:40:12Judg.20.40.W12TAB
כְלִיל־הָעִ֖יר
khelilhair
“the whole of the city”
- Transliteration
- khe-lil-ha-IR
- Extended
- kheh-LEEL-haa-IR
- IPA
- /kəlilhɔːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the whole of the city
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
khe-lil-ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR
- clause
va-yi-FEN bin-ya-MIN a-kha-RAV ve-hin-NE a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR ha-sha-MAI-ma
- sentence
ve-ham-ma-SE-et he-KHE-la la-a-LOT min-ha-IR a-MUD a-SHAN va-yi-FEN bin-ya-MIN a-kha-RAV ve-hin-NE a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR ha-sha-MAI-ma
Exegesis
The conjunction wə-hin-nēh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nēh} ‘and behold’ introduces the climactic revelation, and the clause ʿā-lāh kə-lîl-hā-ʿîr ha-šā-mā-y-ma(h) {עָלָה כְּלִיל־הָעִיר הַשָּׁמָיְמָה | ʿā-lāh kə-lîl-hā-ʿîr ha-šā-mā-y-ma(h)} ‘the whole city ascended skyward’ combines the directional he to convey upward movement with the construct chain to emphasize totality. The sequence of vav-consecutive verbs preserves the rapid pacing of the narrative.
Root and etymology
k-l-lkaf–lamed–lamed
“complete destruction”
In context — Judges 20:40
And the signal began to ascend from the city—a pillar of smoke—and Benjamin turned back, and behold, the whole city went up toward the heavens .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:40:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:40, so the Hebrew word כְלִיל־הָעִ֖יר (khelilhair) 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.20.40.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.40.W12.S1) and character.