Numbers 22:5:17Num.22.5.W17TAB
כִסָּה֙
kissah
“it covers”
- Transliteration
- kis-SAH
- Extended
- kis-SAA
- IPA
- /kisˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it covers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kis-SAH
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NEH kis-SAH
- clause
le-MOR hi-NEH AM ya-TSA mi-mits-RA-yim hi-NEH kis-SAH et-EIN ha-A-retz ve-HU yo-SHEV mi-mu-LI
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mal-a-KHIM el-bil-AM ben-be-OR pe-to-RAH a-SHER al-ha-na-HAR E-retz be-NEI-am-MO lik-RO-LO le-MOR hi-NEH AM ya-TSA mi-mits-RA-yim hi-NEH kis-SAH et-EIN ha-A-retz ve-HU yo-SHEV mi-mu-LI
Exegesis
The Piel perfect kissāh {כִסָּה֙ | kissāh} “has covered” plus the direct object ʾeṯ-ʿēn hāʾāreṣ {אֶת־עֵ֣ין הָאָרֶץ | ʾeṯ-ʿēn hāʾāreṣ} “the face of the land” forms an idiomatic expression.
In context — Numbers 22:5
And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor by the river in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the land , and it is dwelling across from me .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:5:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 22:5, so the Hebrew word כִסָּה֙ (kissah) 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.22.5.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.5.W17.S1) and character.