1 Kings 21:6:101 Kgs.21.6.W10TAB

בְּכֶ֔סֶף

bekhesef

for money

Transliteration
be-KHE-sef
Extended
beh-KHEH-sehf
IPA
/bəˈxɛ.sɛf/

Meaning by language

English
for money

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + כֶ֔ + סֶף
be + khe + sef
bekhesef

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Samekhs as in sit
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-KHE-sef

  2. clause

    va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha ki-a-da-BER el-na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-o-MAR LO te-NA-LI et-kar-me-KHA be-KHE-sef O im-kha-FETS a-TA et-te-NA-le-KHA KHE-rem takh-TAV

  3. sentence

    va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha ki-a-da-BER el-na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-o-MAR LO te-NA-LI et-kar-me-KHA be-KHE-sef O im-kha-FETS a-TA et-te-NA-le-KHA KHE-rem takh-TAV va-yo-MER lo-et-TEN le-KHA et-kar-MI

Root and etymology

k-s-pkaf–samekh–pe

silver; money

In context1 Kings 21:6

And he spoke to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money, or if you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in its place’; but he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard .’”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 21:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 21:6, so the Hebrew word בְּכֶ֔סֶף (bekhesef) 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.21.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.6.W10.S1) and character.