Proverbs 23:5:10Prov.23.5.W10TAB
כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר
kenesher
“like an eagle”
- Transliteration
- ke-NE-sher
- Extended
- keh-NEH-shehr
- IPA
- /kəˈnɛʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like an eagle
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ke-NE-sher
- clause
ke-NE-sher va-IF ya-UF ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
he-ta-UF ha-TA-if e-NE-kha BO ve-EI-NE-nu KI a-SO ya-a-SE-LO ke-na-FA-yim ke-NE-sher va-IF ya-UF ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the parallel Qal statements asah {עָשָׂה | ’ā·śāh} ‘it makes’ and ya'aseh-lo {יַעֲשֶׂה־לוֹ | ya·‘ă·śeh·lô} ‘he will make for him,’ creating synonymous intensification with kenafayim {כְנָפַיִם | kᵉ·nā·p̄ā·yim} ‘wings’ and the simile kenesher {כְּנֶשֶׁר | kᵉ·nê·šêr} ‘like an eagle.’
Root and etymology
Rootn-š-r
“eagle; vulture”
In context — Proverbs 23:5
Will you set your eyes on it—and it is gone? For surely it makes itself wings, like an eagle, and flies away toward the heavens.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Proverbs 23:5, so the Hebrew word כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר (kenesher) 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.23.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.5.W10.S1) and character.