2 Kings 15:20:32 Kgs.15.20.W3TAB
אֶת־הַכֶּ֜סֶף
ethakesef
- Transliteration
- et-ha-KE-sef
- Extended
- eet-hah-KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hakˈkɛsɛf/
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
et-ha-KE-sef
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-TSE me-na-KHEM et-ha-KE-sef
- clause
va-yo-TSE me-na-KHEM et-ha-KE-sef al-yis-ra-EL AL kal-gi-bo-RE ha-kha-YIL la-TET le-ME-lekh a-SHUR kha-mi-SHIM she-ka-LIM KE-sef le-ISH e-KHAD
- sentence
va-yo-TSE me-na-KHEM et-ha-KE-sef al-yis-ra-EL AL kal-gi-bo-RE ha-kha-YIL la-TET le-ME-lekh a-SHUR kha-mi-SHIM she-ka-LIM KE-sef le-ISH e-KHAD va-ya-SHAV ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-LO-a-MAD SHAM ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The direct object is marked by et-hakkesef {אֶת־הַכֶּ֜סֶף | ʾeṯ-hāqqēsep̄} ‘the silver,’ while the repeated preposition ʿal {עַל | ʿal} sets the levy “upon” Israel and then more specifically upon kol-gibborei hakhayil {כָּל־גִּבּוֹרֵי הַחַ֔יִל | kol-gibbōrê haḥayil}, narrowing the burden to the leading, capable men.
Root and etymology
כ־ס־ףkaf–samekh–pe
“to overlay; silver”
In context — 2 Kings 15:20
Menahem levied the silver from Israel, from all the mighty men of wealthy means, to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for each man. Then the king of Assyria turned back and did not remain there in the land.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 15:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַכֶּ֜סֶף (ethakesef) 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 Kgs.15.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.20.W3.S1) and character.