2 Kings 16:8:32 Kgs.16.8.W3TAB
אֶת־הַכֶּ֣סֶף
ethakesef
“the silver”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-KE-sef
- Extended
- eht-hah-KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hakˈkɛsɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- the silver
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
et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-KHAZ et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ha-nim-TSA BET Ye-ho-VAH u-ve-ots-re-OT BET ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-KHAZ et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ha-nim-TSA BET Ye-ho-VAH u-ve-ots-re-OT BET ha-ME-lekh va-yish-LAKH le-ME-lekh-a-SHUR SHO-khad
Exegesis
The compound objects et-ha-kesef {אֶת־הַכֶּ֣סֶף | ’et-ha-ke-sep̄} ‘the silver’ and ve-et-ha-zahav {וְאֶת־הַזָּהָ֗ב | wə-’et-ha-zā-hāḇ} ‘the gold’ are introduced by direct object markers and specified by the participle ha-nimtza {הַנִּמְצָא֙ | ha-nim-ṣāʾ}.
Root and etymology
כ־ס־ף
“silver; money”
In context — 2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the royal storerooms, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 16:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַכֶּ֣סֶף (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.16.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.8.W3.S1) and character.