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

Result
קָ + שָֽׁה׃
ka + sha
kasha

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ka-SHA

  2. clause

    la-MA ZE AT mit-na-KE-ra ve-a-NO-khi sha-LU-akh e-la-YIKH ka-SHA

  3. 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 context1 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.