כיס

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
כ־ו־ס (k-w-s)

Cognate to Arabic كِيس (kīs), Aramaic כִּיסָא (kīsā), Akkadian 𒋢𒃻𒉌𒌓 (kīsum), Amharic ኪስ (kis).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

כִּיס (kísm or f (plural indefinite כִּיסִים)

  1. (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 []
  2. pocket

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Noun[edit]

כַּיָּס (kayásm

  1. defective spelling of כייס

Verb[edit]

כִּיֵּס (kiyés) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of כייס

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