1 Kings 20:39:271 Kgs.20.39.W27TAB
כִכַּר־כֶּ֖סֶף
khikarkesef
“a talent of silver”
- Transliteration
- khi-KAR-KE-sef
- Extended
- khih-KAHR-KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /kikːarˈkesɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- a talent of silver
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
khi-KAR-KE-sef
- phraseyour reading level
O khi-KAR-KE-sef
- clause
va-yo-MER av-de-KHA ya-TSA be-KE-rev-ha-mil-kha-MA ve-hin-NE-ish SAR va-ya-VE e-LAI ISH va-yo-MER she-MOR et-ha-ISH ha-ZE im-hi-pa-KED yip-pa-KED ve-ha-ye-TA naf-she-KHA TA-khat naf-SHO O khi-KAR-KE-sef tish-KOL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-ME-lekh o-VER ve-HU tsa-AK el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER av-de-KHA ya-TSA be-KE-rev-ha-mil-kha-MA ve-hin-NE-ish SAR va-ya-VE e-LAI ISH va-yo-MER she-MOR et-ha-ISH ha-ZE im-hi-pa-KED yip-pa-KED ve-ha-ye-TA naf-she-KHA TA-khat naf-SHO O khi-KAR-KE-sef tish-KOL
Root and etymology
k-k-rkaf–kaf–resh
“circular thing, measure”
In context — 1 Kings 20:39
And it came to pass as the king passed by that he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle, and behold a man turned aside and brought another to me, saying, ‘Guard this man; if he is missing, your life shall be in place of his, or you shall weigh out a talent of silver.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:39:27 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 27 of 1 Kings 20:39, so the Hebrew word כִכַּר־כֶּ֖סֶף (khikarkesef) 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.20.39.W27, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.39.W27.S1) and character.