2 Kings 13:15:92 Kgs.13.15.W9TAB
קֶ֥שֶׁת
keshet
“a bow”
- Transliteration
- KE-shet
- Extended
- KEH-sheht
- IPA
- /ˈqɛ.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a bow
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KE-shet
- phraseyour reading level
KE-shet veh-khi-TSIM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH EH-lav KE-shet veh-khi-TSIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO eh-lee-SHA KAKH KE-shet veh-khi-TSIM va-yik-KAKH EH-lav KE-shet veh-khi-TSIM
Exegesis
The Qal imperative kach {קַ֖ח | qaḥ} ‘take’ issues the prophetic order, which targets the objects keshet {קֶ֣שֶׁת | qe-šeṯ} ‘bow’ and vechitsim {וְחִצִּ֑ים | wə-ḥiṣ-ṣîm} ‘arrows.’
Root and etymology
Rootq-sh-t
“bow (weapon/arc)”
In context — 2 Kings 13:15
And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows ,” and he took a bow and arrows.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 13:15, so the Hebrew word קֶ֥שֶׁת (keshet) 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 Kgs.13.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.15.W9.S1) and character.