1 Kings 16:20:41 Kgs.16.20.W4TAB
וְקִשְׁר֖וֹ
vekishro
“and his conspiracy”
- Transliteration
- ve-kish-RO
- Extended
- veh-kihsh-ROH
- IPA
- /vəqiʃˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his conspiracy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kish-RO
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-RE zim-RI ve-kish-RO a-SHER ka-SHAR
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE zim-RI ve-kish-RO a-SHER ka-SHAR ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The compound ve-kishro asher qashar {וְקִשְׁרוֹ אֲשֶׁר קָשָׁר | wə-qiš-rô ʾă-šer qā-šar} forms a construct chain with a relative clause ‘and his conspiracy which he conspired,’ highlighting clandestine intent.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–shin–resh
“to bind, conspire”
In context — 1 Kings 16:20
The other matters concerning Zimri—his deeds and the conspiracy he carried out—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 16:20, so the Hebrew word וְקִשְׁר֖וֹ (vekishro) 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.16.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.20.W4.S1) and character.