Isaiah 16:14:7Isa.16.14.W7TAB
כִּשְׁנֵ֣י
kishne
“like the years of”
- Transliteration
- kish-ne
- Extended
- kihsh-NEE
- IPA
- /kiʃˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the years of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kish-ne
- phraseyour reading level
kish-ne sa-KHIR
- clause
ve-a-TA di-BER Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR be-sha-LOSH sha-NIM kish-ne sa-KHIR ve-nik-LA ke-VOD mo-AV be-KHOL he-ha-MON ha-RAV
- sentence
ve-a-TA di-BER Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR be-sha-LOSH sha-NIM kish-ne sa-KHIR ve-nik-LA ke-VOD mo-AV be-KHOL he-ha-MON ha-RAV u-she-AR me-AT miz-AR LO ka-BIR
Exegesis
A metaphorical comparison in ki-šnê śā-kîr {כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר | ki-šnê śā-kîr} ‘as the years of a hired worker’ uses the comparative prefix and construct dual.
In context — Isaiah 16:14
And now the LORD has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as the years of a hired worker , the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt among all that great multitude, and the remnant will be very small, not mighty.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 16:14, so the Hebrew word כִּשְׁנֵ֣י (kishne) 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 Isa.16.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.14.W7.S1) and character.