כֹּ֑ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כֹּ֑ל

   KOL

   anything or all
2. clause🔊 יֵ֣שׁ מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁר וְאֵ֣ין כֹּ֑ל

   YESH mit-e-a-SHER ve-EN KOL

   there is making himself rich or pretending to be rich and there is not anything or all
3. sentence🔊 יֵ֣שׁ מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁר וְאֵ֣ין כֹּ֑ל מִ֝תְרוֹשֵׁ֗שׁ וְה֣וֹן רָֽב׃

   YESH mit-e-a-SHER ve-EN KOL mit-ro-SHESH ve-HON RAV

   there is making himself rich or pretending to be rich and there is not anything or all making himself poor or pretending to be poor and wealth much or great

Exegesis

The adversative construction ve-ein kol {וְאֵין כֹּל | wə-’ên kōl} ‘and has nothing’ forms the first line of an antithetic parallel.

Root and etymology

s-k-l🔊 ש־כ־לshin–kaf–lamed

“to be prudent, discerning”

• 🔊 מַשְׂכִּילmaś-kîlone who acts wiselyPsalm 32:8