1 Kings 17:10:101 Kgs.17.10.W10TAB
מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת
mekosheshet
“gathering”
- Transliteration
- me-ko-SHE-shet
- Extended
- meh-koh-SHEH-sheht
- IPA
- /məqoˈʃɛ.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- gathering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
me-ko-SHE-shet
- phraseyour reading level
me-ko-SHE-shet e-TSIM
- clause
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH tsar-fa-TA va-ya-BO el-PE-takh ha-IR ve-hin-NE-SHAM i-SHA al-ma-NA me-ko-SHE-shet e-TSIM
- sentence
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH tsar-fa-TA va-ya-BO el-PE-takh ha-IR ve-hin-NE-SHAM i-SHA al-ma-NA me-ko-SHE-shet e-TSIM va-yik-RA e-LE-ha va-yo-MAR ke-KHI-NA LI me-AT-ma-YIM ba-khe-LI ve-esh-TE
Exegesis
The Piel participle meqosheshet {מְקֹשֶׁשֶׁת | mə-qō-šē-šêṯ} ‘gathering’ conveys ongoing labor.
Root and etymology
q-š-š
“to gather”
In context — 1 Kings 17:10
And he arose and went to Zarephath , and he came to the entrance of the city, and behold, there was a widow gathering sticks . And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a vessel, and I will drink.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 17:10, so the Hebrew word מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת (mekosheshet) 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.17.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.10.W10.S1) and character.