2 Kings 14:19:32 Kgs.14.19.W3TAB
קֶ֛שֶׁר
kesher
“a conspiracy”
- Transliteration
- KE-sher
- Extended
- KEH-shehr
- IPA
- /ˈqɛ.ʃɛr/
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
va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher bi-ru-sha-LIM va-NAS la-KHI-sha
- sentence
va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher bi-ru-sha-LIM va-NAS la-KHI-sha va-yish-le-KHU a-kha-RAV la-KHI-sha va-ye-mi-TU-hu SHAM
Exegesis
The initial vayiqsheru {וַיִּקְשְׁר֨וּ | wayyiqšə-rû} ‘and they conspired’ introduces collective action marked by the noun kesher {קֶשֶׁר | qe-šer}.
Root and etymology
q-š-rqof–shin–resh
“to bind; to conspire”
In context — 2 Kings 14:19
They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. Then they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 14:19, 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 Kgs.14.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.19.W3.S1) and character.