Proverbs 6:11:4Prov.6.11.W4TAB
כְּאִ֣ישׁ
keish
“like a man”
- Transliteration
- ke-ISH
- Extended
- keh-EESH
- IPA
- /kəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a 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 ma-GEN
- clause
u-ma-khso-RE-kha ke-ISH ma-GEN
- sentence
u-VA-khim-he-ha-LEKH re-SHE-kha u-ma-khso-RE-kha ke-ISH ma-GEN
Exegesis
The simile keish magen {כְאִישׁ מָגֵן | kə-ʼîš mā-ḡēn} depicts lack as an armed opponent ready to strike. The two parallel “like” clauses contrast the stealthy inevitability of poverty with the overt violence of scarcity, retained in English through parallel simile structures.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Yod–Shin
“man, individual”
In context — Proverbs 6:11
Your poverty will come upon you like a traveler , and your lack will come upon you like an armed man.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 6:11, 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 Prov.6.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.11.W4.S1) and character.