וְכ֤וֹבַע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְכ֤וֹבַע

   ve-KHO-vah

   and a helmet
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְכ֤וֹבַע נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙

   ve-KHO-vah ne-KHO-shet

   and a helmet of bronze
3. clause🔊 וְכ֤וֹבַע נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים ה֣וּא לָב֑וּשׁ

   ve-KHO-vah ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM HU la-VUSH

   and a helmet of bronze on his head and a coat of mail of scales he was clothed
4. sentence🔊 וְכ֤וֹבַע נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים ה֣וּא לָב֑וּשׁ וּמִשְׁקַל֙ הַשִּׁרְי֔וֹן חֲמֵשֶׁת־אֲלָפִ֥ים שְׁקָלִ֖ים נְחֹֽשֶֽׁת׃

   ve-KHO-vah ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM HU la-VUSH u-mish-KAL ha-shir-YON kha-ME-shet-a-la-FIM she-ka-LIM ne-KHO-shet

   and a helmet of bronze on his head and a coat of mail of scales he was clothed and the weight of the coat of mail five of thousands shekels of bronze

Exegesis

The construct phrase kova‘ nechoshet {כּוֹבַע נְחֹשֶׁת | kō·ḇa‘ nəḥôšeṯ} “helmet of bronze” specifies the material, while ‘al-rōšōw {עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ | ‘al rōšōw} marks spatial placement “upon his head.”

Root and etymology

Root🔊 כ־ב־עkaph–bet–ayin

“helmet”

• 🔊 כּוֹבַעַתkova‘athelmJeremiah 46:4