Proverbs 1:12:2Prov.1.12.W2TAB
כִּשְׁא֣וֹל
kisheol
“like Sheol”
- Transliteration
- kish-e-OL
- Extended
- kihsh-eh-OHL
- IPA
- /kiʃ.ʔeˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- like Sheol
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kish-e-OL
- clause
niv-la-EM kish-e-OL kha-YIM
- sentence
niv-la-EM kish-e-OL kha-YIM u-te-mi-MIM khe-yor-DE VOR
Exegesis
The paired prepositional similes ki-she'ol {כִּשְׁא֣וֹל | ki-she-'ōl} ‘like the grave’ and ke-yordei bor {כְּיוֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר | ke-yôr-dey bōr} ‘like those who go down to the pit’ form a poetic parallelism that emphasizes completeness and inevitability.
Root and etymology
ש־א־לsh–ʾ–l
“underworld”
In context — Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them alive, like the grave , and whole, like those who go down into the pit :
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 1:12, so the Hebrew word כִּשְׁא֣וֹל (kisheol) 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 Prov.1.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.12.W2.S1) and character.