2 Chronicles 23:13:252 Chr.23.13.W25TAB
קָֽשֶׁר׃
kasher
“conspiracy”
- Transliteration
- KA-sher
- Extended
- KAA-shehr
- IPA
- /ˈqaːʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- conspiracy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KA-sher
- phraseyour reading level
KE-sher KA-sher
- clause
va-tik-RA a-tal-YA-hu et-be-ga-DE-ha va-to-MER KE-sher KA-sher
- sentence
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
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-rqof–shin–resh
“binding, conspiracy”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:13
She looked and saw the king standing on his pillar at the entrance, accompanied by the officials and the trumpets. All the people of the land were celebrating and sounding trumpets, and the singers with instruments of song were proclaiming the praise. Then Athaliah tore her garments and exclaimed, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:13:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of 2 Chronicles 23:13, so the Hebrew word קָֽשֶׁר׃ (kasher) 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 2 Chr.23.13.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.13.W25.S1) and character.