2 Samuel 21:4:62 Sam.21.4.W6TAB
כֶּ֤סֶף
kesef
“silver”
- Transliteration
- KE-sef
- Extended
- KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /ˈkɛ.sɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- silver
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
KE-sef
- phraseyour reading level
KE-sef ve-za-HAV
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru LO ha-giv-o-NIM EN-LI LA-nu KE-sef ve-za-HAV im-sha-UL ve-im-BE-to ve-EN-LA-nu ISH le-ha-MIT be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru LO ha-giv-o-NIM EN-LI LA-nu KE-sef ve-za-HAV im-sha-UL ve-im-BE-to ve-EN-LA-nu ISH le-ha-MIT be-yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER MA-a-TEM o-me-RIM e-e-SE LA-khem
Exegesis
Two parallel existential clauses ein-lanu {אֵֽין־לָ֜נוּ | ʾēn-lā-nû} ‘there is not for us’ joined by conjunctions express absolute negation regarding kesef {כֶּ֤סֶף | ke-sep̄} ‘silver’ and zahav {זָהָב֙ | zā-hāv} ‘gold’.
Root and etymology
k-s-pkaf–samekh–pe
“silver”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:4
And the Gibeonites said to him, “We have no silver or gold with Saul or with his house, nor do we have any man to kill in Israel.” And he said, “Say what you require, and I will do it for you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 21:4, so the Hebrew word כֶּ֤סֶף (kesef) 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 Sam.21.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.4.W6.S1) and character.