Questions & Answers about לכל אדם יש זכות לבחור.
How is this sentence pronounced with vowels?
A fully vocalized version is:
לְכָל אָדָם יֵשׁ זְכוּת לִבְחוֹר.
A natural pronunciation is roughly:
le-KHOL a-DAM yesh zKHUT liv-KHOR
A few notes:
- כָל sounds like khol, not like English call
- אָדָם here means person / human being, not necessarily the name Adam
- זכות is pronounced zkhut, with a strong kh sound
- לבחור is livkhor, from the root בחר (to choose)
What does לכל mean, and why is it one word?
לכל is made of two parts:
- ל־ = to / for
- כל = every / all
So לכל means to every or for every.
Hebrew often attaches short prepositions directly to the following word. So instead of writing them separately, Hebrew writes:
- ל + כל = לכל
This is very common in Hebrew.
Why does Hebrew say לכל אדם יש... instead of using a word that directly means every?