2 Kings 18:14:202 Kgs.18.14.W20TAB
כִּכַּר־כֶּ֔סֶף
kikkarkesef
“a talent of silver”
- Transliteration
- kik-KAR-KE-sef
- Extended
- kihk-KAHR-KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /kikˈkarˈkɛ.sɛf/
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
kik-KAR-KE-sef
- clause
va-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT kik-KAR-KE-sef u-she-lo-SHIM kik-KAR za-HAV
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ME-lekh-a-SHUR la-khi-SHA le-MOR kha-TA-ti SHUV me-a-LAI ET a-sher-ti-TEN a-LAI e-SA va-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT kik-KAR-KE-sef u-she-lo-SHIM kik-KAR za-HAV
Exegesis
The second sequence opens with vayasem {וַיָּשֶׂם | wayyāśem} ‘and he imposed’, emphasizing Assyrian agency, and enumerates tribute with numerals shlosh-meot {שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת | šĕlōš meʾōṯ} and ushlo-shim {וּשְׁלֹשִׁים | ū-šlāšîm} linked to material designations kikar-kesef {כִּכַּר־כֶּסֶף | kikkar-ḵēsep} and kikar-zahav {כִּכַּר זָהָב | kikkar-zāhāḇ}. The Hebrew SVO order and vav-consecutives maintain narrative flow and legal precision.
Root and etymology
k-k-rkaf–kaf–resh
“round, talent”
In context — 2 Kings 18:14
And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have sinned. Withdraw from me, and whatever you impose upon me I will bear.” Then the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah, king of Judah, three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:14:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Kings 18:14, so the Hebrew word כִּכַּר־כֶּ֔סֶף (kikkarkesef) 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.18.14.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.14.W20.S1) and character.