Numbers 18:4:7Num.18.4.W7TAB

לְכֹ֖ל

lekol

for all

Transliteration
le-KOL
Extended
leh-KOHL
IPA
/ləˈxol/

Meaning by language

English
for all

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Result
לְ + כֹ֖ל
le + kol
lekol

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-KOL

  2. clause

    ve-nil-VOO a-LE-kha ve-sham-ROO et-mish-ME-ret O-hel mo-ED le-KOL a-vo-DAT ha-O-hel

  3. sentence

    ve-nil-VOO a-LE-kha ve-sham-ROO et-mish-ME-ret O-hel mo-ED le-KOL a-vo-DAT ha-O-hel ve-ZAR lo-yik-RAV a-lei-KHEM

Exegesis

The locative phrase lechol {לְכֹ֖ל | lə-kōl} ‘for all’ links to avodat {עֲבֹדַ֣ת | ʿa-vo-dat} ‘service,’ framing the scope of responsibilities.

Root and etymology

k-l-lk-l-l

all, entire

In contextNumbers 18:4

And they shall join you and keep the charge of the Tent of Meeting for all the service of the tent; no outsider may come near you.

About this coordinate

Numbers 18:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 18:4, so the Hebrew word לְכֹ֖ל (lekol) 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.18.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.4.W7.S1) and character.