1 Kings 15:19:121 Kgs.15.19.W12TAB
כֶּ֣סֶף
kesef
“silver”
- Transliteration
- KE-sef
- Extended
- KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /ˈkɛsɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- silver
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
KE-sef
- phraseyour reading level
KE-sef ve-za-HAV
- clause
hin-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA SHO-khad KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-PE-ra et-be-RIT-kha et-ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
- sentence
be-RIT be-NI u-ve-NE-kha BEN a-VI u-VEN a-VI-kha hin-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA SHO-khad KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-PE-ra et-be-RIT-kha et-ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
Exegesis
The noun shochad {שֹׁחַד | šō-ḥaḏ} ‘bribe’ with the coordinated nouns kesef and zahav {כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב | kĕ-sep̄ wə-zā-hāv} ‘silver and gold’ frames a diplomatic offering.
Root and etymology
כ־ס־ףk–s–p
“silver, money”
In context — 1 Kings 15:19
A covenant exists between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Go and break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 15:19, so the Hebrew word כֶּ֣סֶף (kesef) 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 Kgs.15.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.19.W12.S1) and character.