Psalm 18:34:5Ps.18.34.W5TABWLC Psalms 18:35
קֶ֥שֶׁת
keshet
“a bow”
- Transliteration
- KE-shet
- Extended
- KEH-sheht
- IPA
- /ˈqɛʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a bow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KE-shet
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ni-kha-TA KE-shet ne-khu-SHA
- clause
ve-ni-kha-TA KE-shet ne-khu-SHA ze-ro-o-TAI
- sentence
me-la-MED ya-DAI la-mil-kha-MA ve-ni-kha-TA KE-shet ne-khu-SHA ze-ro-o-TAI
Exegesis
The conjunction ve-nichat {וְנִחַת | wə-ni-ḥaṯ} ‘and is bent’ (Niphal perfect) links that instruction to its effect on the keshet nechushah {קֶשֶׁת־נְחוּשָׁה | qe-šeṯ nə-ḥū-šāh} ‘bronze bow.’
Root and etymology
q-š-tqof–shin–tav
“bow, weapon”
In context — Psalm 18:34
He teaches my hands for battle, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 18:34, so the Hebrew word קֶ֥שֶׁת (keshet) 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 Ps.18.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.34.W5.S1) and character.