Numbers 21:25:8Num.21.25.W8TAB

בְּכָל־עָרֵ֣י

bekholarei

in all the cities of

Transliteration
be-KHOL-a-REI
Extended
beh-KHAHL-ah-REI
IPA
/bəxol.ʕaˈreː/

Meaning by language

English
in all the cities of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + כָל + עָ + רֵ֣י
be + khol + a + rei
bekholarei

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-KHOL-a-REI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-KHOL-a-REI ha-e-mo-RI

  3. clause

    va-ye-SHEV yis-ra-EL be-KHOL-a-REI ha-e-mo-RI be-KHESH-bon u-ve-KHOL-be-no-TE-ha

  4. sentence

    va-yi-KAKH yis-ra-EL ET kol-he-a-RIM ha-e-LEH va-ye-SHEV yis-ra-EL be-KHOL-a-REI ha-e-mo-RI be-KHESH-bon u-ve-KHOL-be-no-TE-ha

Exegesis

The construct phrase ʿārê hāʾĕmōrî {עָרֵי הָאֱמֹרִי | ʿārê hāʾĕmōrî} “cities of the Amorite” identifies ethnic affiliation, and the idiom bənôṯêhā {בְּנֹתֶיהָ | bənôṯêhā} “its daughters” refers to dependent villages.

Root and etymology

RootK-L-L

all, whole

In contextNumbers 21:25

And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorite in Heshbon and in all its villages .

About this coordinate

Numbers 21:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 21:25, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־עָרֵ֣י (bekholarei) 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.21.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.25.W8.S1) and character.