2 Chronicles 25:27:82 Chr.25.27.W8TAB
קֶ֛שֶׁר
kesher
“a conspiracy”
- Transliteration
- KE-sher
- Extended
- KEH-shehr
- IPA
- /ˈqɛʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a conspiracy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
KE-sher
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher
- clause
u-me-ET a-SHER-SAR a-mats-ya-HU me-a-kha-RE ye-ho-VAH va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher bi-ru-sha-LIM va-ya-NAS la-KHI-sha
- sentence
u-me-ET a-SHER-SAR a-mats-ya-HU me-a-kha-RE ye-ho-VAH va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher bi-ru-sha-LIM va-ya-NAS la-KHI-sha va-yish-le-KHU a-kha-RAV la-KHI-sha va-ye-mi-TU-hu SHAM
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive sequence—vayiksh’ru {וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ | wayyiq-šē-rû} “and they conspired,” vayanas {וַיָּנָס | wayyā-nās} “and he fled,” vayishl’chu {וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ | wayyiš-lə-ḥû} “and they sent,” vayemituhu {וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ | wayyĕ-miṯ-û-hû} “and they killed him”—drives the rapid progression.
Root and etymology
q-sh-rqof–shin–resh
“to bind, conspire”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:27
And from the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD , they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; then they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 25:27, so the Hebrew word קֶ֛שֶׁר (kesher) 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.25.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.27.W8.S1) and character.