Numbers 21:28:1Num.21.28.W1TAB
כִּי־אֵשׁ֙
keeesh
“For fire”
- Transliteration
- kee-ESH
- Extended
- kee-ESH
- IPA
- /kiːˈʔeʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- For fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kee-ESH
- clause
kee-ESH ya-tse-AH meh-khesh-BON le-ha-VAH mi-kir-YAT see-HON
- sentence
kee-ESH ya-tse-AH meh-khesh-BON le-ha-VAH mi-kir-YAT see-HON akh-LAH AR mo-AV ba-a-LEI ba-MOT ar-NON
Exegesis
The causal particle ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the rationale for the event.
The terms esh {אֵשׁ | ʾēš} ‘fire’ and lehavah {לֶהָבָ֖ה | lehāvâ} ‘flame’ form synonymous parallelism, heightening the imagery.
Root and etymology
א־ש־ה
“fire, burning”
In context — Numbers 21:28
For a fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab and the owners of the high places of Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:28, so the Hebrew word כִּי־אֵשׁ֙ (keeesh) 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.21.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.28.W1.S1) and character.