1 Kings 14:6:191 Kgs.14.6.W19TAB
קָשָֽׁה׃
kasha
“hard or severe”
- Transliteration
- ka-SHA
- Extended
- kaa-SHAA
- IPA
- /qaːˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hard or severe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-SHA
- clause
la-MA ZE AT mit-na-KE-ra ve-a-NO-khi sha-LU-akh e-la-YIKH ka-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI khish-MO-a a-khi-YA-hu et-KOL rag-le-HA ba-A ba-PE-takh va-yo-MER BO-i E-shet ya-rav-AM la-MA ZE AT mit-na-KE-ra ve-a-NO-khi sha-LU-akh e-la-YIKH ka-SHA
Exegesis
The Hitpael participle mitnakkerah {מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה | mitnakkērā́h} conveys her assumed disguise, while veanokhi shaluach {וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י שָׁל֥וּחַ | və’ānóḵî šālûaḥ} denotes mission and tone, concluding with kasheh {קָשָֽׁה | qāšā́} to signal severity of the message.
Root and etymology
q-š-hq-sh-h
“hard, severe”
In context — 1 Kings 14:6
And it happened, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming at the entrance , he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you disguising yourself? I have been sent to you with a harsh message.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:6:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Kings 14:6, so the Hebrew word קָשָֽׁה׃ (kasha) 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.14.6.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.6.W19.S1) and character.