כיס
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Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| כ־ו־ס (k-w-s) |
Cognate to Arabic كِيس (kīs), Aramaic כִּיסָא (kīsā), Akkadian 𒋢𒃻𒉌𒌓 (kīsum), Amharic ኪስ (kis).
Pronunciation
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Noun
כִּיס • (kís) m or f (plural indefinite כִּיסִים)
- (Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew) pouch, bag, purse
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 25:13, with translation of the King James Version:
- לֹא־יִהְיֶה לְךָ בְּכִיסְךָ אֶבֶן וָאָבֶן גְּדֹולָה וּקְטַנָּה׃
- loʔ-yihyɛ lə̆ḵɔ bə̆ḵisə̆ḵɔ ʔɛḇɛn wɔʔɔḇɛn gə̆ḏolɔ uqṭannɔ
- Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
- Tanach, Isaiah 46:6, with translation of the King James Version:
- הַזָּלִים זָהָב מִכִּיס וְכֶסֶף בַּקָּנֶה יִשְׁקֹלוּ יִשְׂכְּרוּ צֹורֵף […]
- hazzɔlim zɔhɔḇ mikkis wə̆ḵɛsɛp̄ baqqɔnɛ yišqólu yiškə̆ru ṣorep̄
- They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith
- 1563, Joseph Karo, Shulchan Aruch, w:Orach Chayim, section 25, paragraph 1:
- והמניחין כיס התפלין והטלית לתוך כיס אחת צריכין להיזהר שלא יניחו כיס התפלין למעלה […]
- Vehamanikhín kís hatfilín vehatalít letókh kís akhát tsrikhím lehizahér sheló yaníkhu kís hatfilín lemála
- And those who put the tephillin and tallit bags together in one bag must take care not to place the tephilin bag on top
- (clothing) pocket
Declension
Declension of כִּיס
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | כִּיס | first | כִּיסִי | כִּיסֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַכִּיס | second | כִּיסְךָ | כִּיסֵךְ | כִּיסְכֶם | כִּיסְכֶן | |
| construct | כִּיס־ | third | כִּיסוֹ | כִּיסָהּ | כִּיסָם | כִּיסָן | |
| plural | indefinite | כִּיסִים | first | כיסיי / כִּיסַי | כִּיסֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַכִּיסִים | second | כִּיסֶיךָ | כיסייך / כִּיסַיִךְ | כִּיסֵיכֶם | כִּיסֵיכֶן | |
| construct | כִּיסֵי־ | third | כִּיסָיו | כִּיסֶיהָ | כִּיסֵיהֶם | כִּיסֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- בשלושה דברים אדם ניכר: בכוסו, בכיסו, ובכעסו (bishloshá d'varím adám nikár: b'khosó, b'khisó, uv'kha`asó)
- דְּמֵי כִּיס (d'mei kis)
- כִּיס הָאֲשָׁכִים (kis-ha'ashakhím)
- כִּיס הַמָּרָה (kis hamará)
References
- H3599 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “כיס” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Noun
כַּיָּס • (kayás) m
Verb
כִּיֵּס • (kiyés) (pi'el construction)
Further reading
כיס on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
