Judges 20:1:6Judg.20.1.W6TAB
כְּאִ֣ישׁ
keish
“as one man”
- Transliteration
- ke-ISH
- Extended
- keh-EESH
- IPA
- /kəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as one man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ke-ISH e-KHAD
- clause
va-ye-tsu kol-be-NE yis-ra-EL va-tik-ka-HEL ha-e-DA ke-ISH e-KHAD le-mid-DAN ve-ad-be-ER SHE-va ve-E-rets ha-gil-AD
- sentence
va-ye-tsu kol-be-NE yis-ra-EL va-tik-ka-HEL ha-e-DA ke-ISH e-KHAD le-mid-DAN ve-ad-be-ER SHE-va ve-E-rets ha-gil-AD el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA
Exegesis
The idiom ke’ish echad {כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד | kə-ʾîš ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘as one man’ underscores unity through a preposition plus noun-adjective construct.
Root and etymology
Root’sh
“man, person”
In context — Judges 20:1
So all the sons of Israel departed, and the whole assembly gathered in unity from Dan to Beersheba and across the land of Gilead before the LORD at Mizpah .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 20:1, so the Hebrew word כְּאִ֣ישׁ (keish) 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 Judg.20.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.1.W6.S1) and character.