2 Chronicles 25:6:82 Chr.25.6.W8TAB
כִכַּר־כָּֽסֶף׃
khikarkasef
“a talent of silver”
- Transliteration
- khi-KAR-ka-SEF
- Extended
- khih-KAHR-kah-SEHF
- IPA
- /kikˈkar.kaːˈsɛf/
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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-ka-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
be-me-A khi-KAR-ka-SEF
- sentence
va-yis-KOR mi-yis-ra-EL me-A E-lef gi-BOR KHA-yil be-me-A khi-KAR-ka-SEF
Exegesis
The payment formula appears in bemeah kikar-kaseph {בְּמֵאָ֥ה כִּכַּר-כָּֽסֶף | bə-mē-ʾāh kikar-kā-sep}, where kikar-kaseph ‘talent of silver’ represents a large weight-currency unit. The English renderings preserve Hebrew word order and highlight the numerical precision, military designation, and economic detail.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–kaf–resh
“round, talent (weight)”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:6
And he hired from Israel one hundred thousand mighty men of valor for a hundred talents of silver .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 25:6, so the Hebrew word כִכַּר־כָּֽסֶף׃ (khikarkasef) 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 2 Chr.25.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.6.W8.S1) and character.