Proverbs 7:2:5Prov.7.2.W5TAB
כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן
keishon
“as the little man or pupil”
- Transliteration
- ke-i-SHON
- Extended
- keh-ih-SHOHN
- IPA
- /kəʔiːˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- as the little man or pupil
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ke-i-SHON
- phraseyour reading level
ke-i-SHON e-NE-kha
- clause
ve-to-ra-TI ke-i-SHON e-NE-kha
- sentence
she-MOR mits-vo-TAI ve-khye ve-to-ra-TI ke-i-SHON e-NE-kha
Exegesis
The simile keishon {כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן | kə-ʾî-šôn} ‘like the pupil’ precedes the pronominal suffix einekha {עֵינֶֽיךָ | ʿē-neh-ḵā} ‘of your eye’, highlighting the value and protection due. The parallel commands of moral obedience and visual safeguarding emphasize the priority of wisdom.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–yod–shin
“man (diminutive)”
In context — Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and you will live; guard my teaching like the pupil of your eye.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 7:2, so the Hebrew word כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן (keishon) 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.7.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.2.W5.S1) and character.