Numbers 16:34:1Num.16.34.W1TAB
וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל
vekholyisrael
“and all Israel”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- veh-KHAAL-yees-ra-ALE
- IPA
- /vəˈkɔl.jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and all Israel
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER se-vi-vo-TE-hem na-SU le-ko-LAM KI am-RU pen-niv-la-E-nu ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive in vekhol {וְכָל־ | wə-ḵāl} ‘and all,’ signaling continuity.
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Numbers 16:34
All Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:34, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל (vekholyisrael) 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.16.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.34.W1.S1) and character.