1 Samuel 14:2:121 Sam.14.2.W12TAB
כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ
keshesh
“about six”
- Transliteration
- ke-SHESH
- Extended
- keh-SHEESH
- IPA
- /kəˈʃeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- about six
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-SHESH
- phraseyour reading level
ke-SHESH me-OT
- clause
ve-ha-AM a-SHER im-O ke-SHESH me-OT ISH
- sentence
ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bik-TSE ha-giv-A TA-khat ha-rim-MON a-SHER be-mig-RON ve-ha-AM a-SHER im-O ke-SHESH me-OT ISH
Exegesis
Finally, the numeral phrase kesheish meot ish {כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ | ke-šēsh me-’ōt ’îš} ‘about six hundred men’ uses ke- for approximation, meot ‘hundreds,’ and ish ‘man.’ The Hebrew verb-initial structure is rendered into subject-verb order in English, and construct chains are preserved through prepositional phrases.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:2
And Saul was sitting at the edge of the hill under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron, and the people who were with him were about six hundred men.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 14:2, so the Hebrew word כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ (keshesh) 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 Sam.14.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.2.W12.S1) and character.