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Hebrew
expression
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Transliteration
|
Literal
translation/
literary sources
|
Modern
usage
|
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kol |
"Crack
of whip / And rattle of wheel, Galloping steed / And bounding chariot!
" (Nahum
3:2) (The
word kol in original Hebrew has been translated contextually
as both "crack" and "rattle.") |
voice,
sound |
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kol
ram |
"The
Levites shall then proclaim in a loud voice to all the people of Israel."
(Deuteronomy
27:14) |
loud,
strong voice |
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ram-kol
|
loud
voice
|
loudspeaker
(usually
written as one word) |
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kolei-kolot |
voice
of voices
|
loudly |
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kol
ereiv |
"O
my dove, in the cranny of the rocks, Hidden by the cliff, Let me see
your face, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet And your
face is comely." (Song
of Songs 2:14) |
pleasant
voice |
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kol-noa |
moving
sound
|
movie,
cinema
(usually
written as one word) |
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bat-kol |
"daughter
of a voice"; echo |
echo
divine voice (link)
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kol
echad |
"All
the people answered with one voice, saying, 'All the things that the
Lord has commanded we will do!'” (Exodus
24:3) |
with
general agreement, unanimously. |
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|
kol
yisrael |
voice
of Israel |
Israel
national radio |
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kol
damma daka |
"After
the earthquake – fire; but the Lord was not in the fire. And
after the fire – a soft murmuring sound." (I
Kings 19:12) |
very
soft sound |
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kol
korei bamidbar |
"A
voice rings out: 'Clear in the desert, a road for the Lord! Level
in the wilderness, a highway for our God!'"(Isaiah
40:3) |
simile
for someone who speaks but nobody listens to him/her |
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hakol
kol ya'akov |
“The voice is the voice of Jacob, yet the hands are the hands of Esau."
(Genesis
27:22) |
deception |
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natan
kolo |
"He
proclaimed: The Lord roars from Zion, Shouts aloud from Jerusalem..."
(Amos
1:2) |
shouted |
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kolot
u'brakim |
"On
the third day, as morning dawned, there was thunder (kolot),
and lightning…" (Exodus
19:16) |
see
"Drama at Sinai" in this edition |
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kol
aleh nidaf |
"The
sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight. Fleeing as though
from the sword, they shall fall though none pursues. "(Leviticus
26:36) |
very
soft whisper |
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kol
b'isha erva |
"A
woman's voice is lewd/distracting" (Berachot24a) |
see
"Kol Isha" in this edition |