1 Kings 14:27:61 Kgs.14.27.W6TAB
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת
nekhoshet
“bronze”
- Transliteration
- ne-KHO-shet
- Extended
- neh-KHOH-sheht
- IPA
- /nəˈħoːʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- bronze
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-KHO-shet
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am takh-TAM ma-gin-NE ne-KHO-shet
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am takh-TAM ma-gin-NE ne-KHO-shet ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The construct chain māginnē neḥōšet {מָגִנֵּ֖י נְחֹ֑שֶׁת | māginnē nĕḥōšeṯ} ‘shields of bronze’ marks material specification.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–ḥet–shin
“copper, bronze”
In context — 1 Kings 14:27
And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and appointed them under the authority of the officers of the runners, the guards at the entrance of the king’s house .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 14:27, so the Hebrew word נְחֹ֑שֶׁת (nekhoshet) 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 Kgs.14.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.27.W6.S1) and character.