קֶ֥שֶׁר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 קֶ֥שֶׁר

   KE-sher

   conspiracy
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 קֶ֥שֶׁר קָֽשֶׁר׃

   KE-sher KA-sher

   conspiracy conspiracy
3. clause🔊 וַתִּקְרַ֤ע עֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֔יהָ וַתֹּ֖אמֶר קֶ֥שֶׁר קָֽשֶׁר׃

   va-tik-RA a-tal-YA-hu et-be-ga-DE-ha va-to-MER KE-sher KA-sher

   and she tore Athaliah her garments and she said conspiracy conspiracy
4. sentence🔊 וַתֵּ֡רֶא וְהִנֵּ֣ה הַמֶּלֶךְ֩ עוֹמֵ֨ד עַֽל־עַמּוּד֜וֹ בַּמָּב֗וֹא וְהַשָּׂרִ֣ים וְהַחֲצֹצְרוֹת֮ עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ וְכָל־עַ֨ם הָאָ֜רֶץ שָׂמֵ֗חַ וְתוֹקֵ֙עַ֙ בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת וְהַמְשֽׁוֹרֲרִים֙ בִּכְלֵ֣י הַשִּׁ֔יר וּמוֹדִיעִ֖ים לְהַלֵּ֑ל וַתִּקְרַ֤ע עֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֔יהָ וַתֹּ֖אמֶר קֶ֥שֶׁר קָֽשֶׁר׃

   va-te-RE ve-hin-NE ha-ME-lekh o-MED al-a-MU-do ba-ma-VO ve-ha-sa-RIM ve-ha-kha-tso-tse-ROT al-ha-ME-lekh ve-khol-AM ha-A-rets sa-ME-akh ve-to-KE-a ba-kha-tso-TSER-ot ve-ha-mesho-ra-RIM bikh-LE ha-SHIR u-mo-di-IM le-hal-LEL va-tik-RA a-tal-YA-hu et-be-ga-DE-ha va-to-MER KE-sher KA-sher

   and she saw and look the king standing upon his pillar at the entrance and the officials and the trumpets beside the king and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing with the trumpets and the singers with instruments of the song and making known to praise and she tore Athaliah her garments and she said conspiracy conspiracy

Exegesis

The abrupt shift to vatikra et-begadeha {וַתִּקְרַ֤ע אֶת־בְּגָדֶיהָ | va-ttiqrāʿ ʾet-be-ḡā-ḏē-hā} marks Athaliah’s protest, and the repeated kesher kesher {קֶשֶׁר קָשֶׁר | ke-šer qā-šer} employs repetition for rhetorical emphasis.

Root and etymology

k-s-r🔊 ק־ש־רqof–shin–resh

“binding, conspiracy”

• 🔊 קָשַׁרka-sharto conspire2 Samuel 15:12