Exodus 21:34:4Exod.21.34.W4TAB
כֶּ֖סֶף
kesef
“money”
- Transliteration
- KE-sef
- Extended
- KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /ˈkɛ.sɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- money
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
- clause
BA-al ha-BOR ye-shal-LEM KE-sef ya-SHIV li-ve-a-LAV
- sentence
BA-al ha-BOR ye-shal-LEM KE-sef ya-SHIV li-ve-a-LAV ve-ha-MET yih-yeh-LO
Exegesis
Two sequential verbs express obligation and restitution: yeshalem {יְשַׁלֵּם | yə-šal-lêm} ‘must pay’ takes kesef {כֶּסֶף | ke-sĕp̄} ‘silver’, and yashiv {יָשִׁיב | yā-šîb} ‘shall return’ governs libaalav ‘its owner’.
Root and etymology
k-s-pkaf–samekh–pe
“silver, money”
In context — Exodus 21:34
The owner of the pit must pay silver to the animal’s owner, and the dead animal will be his.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 21:34, so the Hebrew word כֶּ֖סֶף (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 Exod.21.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.34.W4.S1) and character.