Proverbs 16:4:1Prov.16.4.W1TAB

כֹּ֤ל

kol

all or everything

Transliteration
KOL
Extended
KOHL
IPA
/ˈkol/

Meaning by language

English
all or everything

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    KOL

  2. clause

    KOL pa-AL Ye-ho-VAH lam-ma-a-NE-hu

  3. sentence

    KOL pa-AL Ye-ho-VAH lam-ma-a-NE-hu ve-gam-ra-SHA le-YOM ra-A

Exegesis

The verse begins with the universal quantifier kol {כֹ֤ל | kôl} ‘all, everything’ as subject.

Root and etymology

ש־כ־ל

insight

In contextProverbs 16:4

The LORD has made everything for His purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 16:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 16:4, so the Hebrew word כֹּ֤ל (kol) 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 Prov.16.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.4.W1.S1) and character.