Numbers 16:22:7Num.16.22.W7TAB
לְכָל־בָּשָׂר
lekholbasar
“of all flesh”
- Transliteration
- le-KHOL-ba-SAR
- Extended
- leh-KHOL-baa-SAR
- IPA
- /lɛxol.baˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of all flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHOL-ba-SAR
- clause
le-KHOL-ba-SAR ha-ISH e-KHAD ye-khe-TA ve-AL kol-ha-e-DA tik-TSOF
- sentence
va-yip-LU al-pe-NEI-hem va-yom-RU EL e-lo-HEI ha-ru-KHOT le-KHOL-ba-SAR ha-ISH e-KHAD ye-khe-TA ve-AL kol-ha-e-DA tik-TSOF
Exegesis
The idiom lə-ḵol-bāśār {לְכָל־בָּשָׂר | lə-ḵol-bāśār} “to all flesh” functions as a merism for all humanity.
Root and etymology
b-s-rbet–sin–resh
“flesh; life”
In context — Numbers 16:22
And they fell upon their faces and said, “O God , God of the spirits of all flesh, if one man sins, will You be angry with the entire assembly?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:22, so the Hebrew word לְכָל־בָּשָׂר (lekholbasar) 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.16.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.22.W7.S1) and character.