כִּיס

«כִּיס» in the Tanakh dictionary: bag — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: 3599 · BDB: כִּיס

Glosses

a.bag (3); bag (1); of.[the].bag (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

bag tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bag, purse tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 1:14 bag, purse (perhaps kindred with כּוֹם, q.v.; Arabic كِيسٌ (prob. from Pers. كِيسَهْ Lane 2640); Ethiopic ኪስ; NH כִּיס; Aramaic כִּיסָא, ܟܻܝܣܳܐ; Palm. מן כיסה from his purse = at his own expense, Vog p. 13 al.)—bag, in which were carried: weights (v. אֶבֶן 5) Dt 25:13; Mi 6:11; Pr 16:11; money, i.e. a purse Is 46:6; Pr 1:14.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «כִּיס» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Micah 6:11

הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה בְּמֹ֣אזְנֵי רֶ֑שַׁע וּבְכִ֖יס אַבְנֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃

Word for word: will I.be.clean? with balances of.wickedness and with a.bag of.weights of.deceit

JPS 1917: 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'

Proverbs 16:11

פֶּ֤לֶס ׀ וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭שְׁפָּט לַֽיהוָ֑ה מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ כָּל־אַבְנֵי־כִֽיס׃

Word for word: scale[s] and balances of.justice [belong].to Yahweh work [are].his all [the].weights of.[the].bag

JPS 1917: A just balance and scales are the LORD'S; all the weights of the bag are His work.

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