1 Kings 20:27:101 Kgs.20.27.W10TAB
כִּשְׁנֵי֙
kishnei
“like two of”
- Transliteration
- kish-NEI
- Extended
- kihsh-NEE
- IPA
- /kiʃˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- like two of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kish-NEI
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL neg-DAM kish-NEI kha-si-FEI i-ZIM va-a-RAM mil-E-u et-ha-A-rets
- sentence
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hat-pe-kDE-u ve-khol-ke-LU va-ye-le-KHU lik-ra-TAM va-ya-kha-NU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL neg-DAM kish-NEI kha-si-FEI i-ZIM va-a-RAM mil-E-u et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The simile kishnei {כִּשְׁנֵי | kî-šə-nê} ‘like two’ + chasipei {חֲשִׁפֵי | ḥa-šî-pê} ‘flocks’ + izzim {עִזִּים | ʿiz-zîm} ‘goats’ conveys smallness and vulnerability.
In context — 1 Kings 20:27
And the sons of Israel were mustered and provisioned, and they marched to meet their adversaries; the sons of Israel camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats, while Aram filled the land .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:27:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 20:27, so the Hebrew word כִּשְׁנֵי֙ (kishnei) 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.20.27.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.27.W10.S1) and character.