Numbers 13:2:17Num.13.2.W17TAB

כֹּ֖ל

kol

every

Transliteration
KOL
Extended
KOL
IPA
/kol/

Meaning by language

English
every

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

    ISH e-KHAD ISH e-KHAD le-ma-TEH a-vo-TAV tish-la-KHU KOL na-SI va-HEM

  3. sentence

    she-LAKH-le-KHA a-na-SHIM ve-ya-TU-ru ET-e-RETZ ke-na-AN a-SHER-a-NEE no-TEN liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ISH e-KHAD ISH e-KHAD le-ma-TEH a-vo-TAV tish-la-KHU KOL na-SI va-HEM

Exegesis

The Piel imperfect tishlachu {תִּשְׁלָחוּ | tišlāḥû} involves all leaders in the act, and kol nasi bahem {כֹּל נָשִׂיא בָהֶם | kôl nāšîʾ bahem} defines the sent men as authorized princes, underscoring their leadership role.

Root and etymology

k-l-bkaf-lamed-bet

dog, bold one

In contextNumbers 13:2

Send for yourself men that they may explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel. From each tribe of his fathers you shall send one man, every one a leader among them.

About this coordinate

Numbers 13:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 13:2, so the Hebrew word כֹּ֖ל (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 Num.13.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.2.W17.S1) and character.