Numbers 14:15:4Num.14.15.W4TAB
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
ve-he-ma-TA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-ISH e-KHAD
- sentence
ve-he-ma-TA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-ISH e-KHAD ve-am-RU ha-go-YIM a-SHER-sham-U et-shim-a-KHA le-MOR
Exegesis
The simile ke’ish echad {כְּאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָד | kə-’îš ’eḥāḏ} ‘as one man’ emphasizes totality.
Root and etymology
’-y-shaleph-yod-shin
“man, individual”
In context — Numbers 14:15
And if You put to death this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your report will say,
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 14:15, 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 Num.14.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.15.W4.S1) and character.