1 Chronicles 17:8:121 Chr.17.8.W12TAB
כְּשֵׁ֥ם
keshem
“like the name of”
- Transliteration
- ke-SHEM
- Extended
- keh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /kəˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the name of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ke-SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-SHEM ha-ge-do-LIM
- clause
ve-a-SI-ti le-KHA SHEM ke-SHEM ha-ge-do-LIM a-SHER ba-A-rets
- sentence
va-e-HE-ye im-me-KHA be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH-ta va-a-KHRI-t et-KOL-O-ye-VE-kha mi-pa-NE-kha ve-a-SI-ti le-KHA SHEM ke-SHEM ha-ge-do-LIM a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The final clause uses the vav-consecutive Qal perfect ve’asiti {וְעָשִׂיתִי | wə-ʿā-sî-tî} ‘and I will make’ to introduce a future promise, with ke-shem {כְּשֵׁם | ke-shem} ‘like’ forming a comparative construct with shem ha-ged-o-lîm {שֵׁם הַגְּדוֹלִים | shem ha-ged-o-lîm} ‘the name of the great ones’ and the locative ba-aretz {בָּאָרֶץ׃ | bā-’ā-reṣ} ‘in the land’, emphasizing the extent of promised honor.
Root and etymology
ש־מ
“name, renown”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:8
And I have been with you in all that you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the land.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Chronicles 17:8, so the Hebrew word כְּשֵׁ֥ם (keshem) 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 1 Chr.17.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.8.W12.S1) and character.