Isaiah 19:4:5Isa.19.4.W5TAB
קָשֶׁ֑ה
kashe
“hard or harsh”
- Transliteration
- ka-SHE
- Extended
- kaa-SHEH
- IPA
- /qaːˈʃɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- hard or harsh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-SHE
- phraseyour reading level
a-do-NIM ka-SHE
- clause
ve-sik-KAR-ti et-mits-RA-yim be-YAD a-do-NIM ka-SHE
- sentence
ve-sik-KAR-ti et-mits-RA-yim be-YAD a-do-NIM ka-SHE u-ME-lekh AZ yim-SHAL-BAM ne-UM ha-a-DON ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-yad adonim kasheh {בְּיַד אֲדֹנִים קָשֶׁה | bə-yad ă-də-nîm qā-shē} ‘under harsh rule’ depicts subjection.
Root and etymology
RootQof–Shin–He
“to be hard, severe”
In context — Isaiah 19:4
And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them; this is the declaration of the Lord the LORD of hosts .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 19:4, so the Hebrew word קָשֶׁ֑ה (kashe) 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.19.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.4.W5.S1) and character.