2 Chronicles 23:20:222 Chr.23.20.W22TAB
כִּסֵּ֥א
kise
“throne of”
- Transliteration
- ki-SE
- Extended
- kih-SEH
- IPA
- /kisˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- throne of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ki-SE
- phraseyour reading level
ki-SE ha-mam-la-KHA
- clause
va-yo-shi-VU et-ha-ME-lekh AL ki-SE ha-mam-la-KHA
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RE ha-me-OT ve-et-ha-a-di-RIM ve-et-ha-mo-she-LIM ba-AM ve-ET kol-AM ha-A-rets va-yo-RED et-ha-ME-lekh mi-BET ye-ho-VAH va-ya-BO-u be-TOKH-sha-AR ha-el-YON BET ha-ME-lekh va-yo-shi-VU et-ha-ME-lekh AL ki-SE ha-mam-la-KHA
Exegesis
The phrase betoch sha’ar ha-elyon {בְּתוֹךְ־שַׁעַר הָעֶלְיוֹן | bə-tôḵ ša-ʿar hā-ʿel-yōn} ‘into the midst of the upper gate’ frames formal entrance into the palace, and the Hiphil vayoshibu {וַיּוֹשִׁיבוּ | va-yo-šî-vû} ‘and they seated’ establishes the king’s authority upon kisse {כִּסֵּא | ki-sê} ‘throne’ of the mamlakah {הַמַּמְלָכָה | hā-mam-la-ḵā} ‘kingdom’.
Root and etymology
k-s-’k–s–ʾ
“seat, throne”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:20
He gathered the commanders of the hundreds, the nobles, the rulers among the people, and all the inhabitants of the land, and he led the king down from the house of the LORD . They went in by the upper gate of the king’s house and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:20:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Chronicles 23:20, so the Hebrew word כִּסֵּ֥א (kise) 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.23.20.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.20.W22.S1) and character.