Judges 21:11:6Judg.21.11.W6TAB
וְכָל־אִשָּׁ֛ה
vekolisha
“and every woman”
- Transliteration
- ve-kol-i-SHA
- Extended
- veh-kohl-ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /wəkɔl.ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and every woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kol-i-SHA
- clause
kol-za-KHAR ve-kol-i-SHA yo-DA-at mish-kav-za-KHAR ta-kha-ri-MU
- sentence
ve-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ta-a-SU kol-za-KHAR ve-kol-i-SHA yo-DA-at mish-kav-za-KHAR ta-kha-ri-MU
Exegesis
The phrases kol-za-khar {כָּל־זָכָר | kól-zá-khar} ‘every male’ and ve-kol ishah yodat mishkav-zakhar {וְכָל־אִשָּׁה יֹדַעַת מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָר | wə-kól ish-šáh yô-dāʿ-át mish-ḵav-zá-khar} ‘and every woman who has known the lying with a male’ specify the full scope of those to be targeted.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh-hʾ-sh-h
“woman”
In context — Judges 21:11
And this is the thing that you shall do: Every male and every woman who has known the lying with a male, you shall destroy .
About this coordinate
Judges 21:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 21:11, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־אִשָּׁ֛ה (vekolisha) 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.21.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.11.W6.S1) and character.