1 Chronicles 22:16:21 Chr.22.16.W2TAB
לַכֶּ֛סֶף
lakesef
“for the silver”
- Transliteration
- la-KE-sef
- Extended
- lah-KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /lakˈkɛ.sɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the silver
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KE-sef
- phraseyour reading level
la-za-HAV la-KE-sef
- clause
la-za-HAV la-KE-sef ve-lan-ne-KHO-shet ve-lab-bar-ZEL EN mis-PA-R
- sentence
la-za-HAV la-KE-sef ve-lan-ne-KHO-shet ve-lab-bar-ZEL EN mis-PA-R KUM va-a-SE vi-ye-HI ye-ho-VAH im-MAKH
Exegesis
The verse opens with a series of material phrases lazahav {לַזָּהָב | la-zahav} ‘to the gold’, lakesef {לַכֶּסֶף | la-ke-sef} ‘to the silver’, velannechoshet {וְלַנְּחֹשֶׁת | wə-la-ne-cho-shet} ‘and to the bronze’, and velabarzel {וְלַבַּרְזֶל | wə-la-bar-zel} ‘and to the iron’, comprising a catalog.
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:16
Gold, silver, bronze, and iron—there is no number . Rise up and do the work, and may the LORD be with you.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 22:16, so the Hebrew word לַכֶּ֛סֶף (lakesef) 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 1 Chr.22.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.16.W2.S1) and character.