Genesis 43:21:7Gen.43.21.W7TAB
כֶֽסֶף־אִישׁ֙
kesefish
“money of each man”
- Transliteration
- ke-sef-ISH
- Extended
- keh-sehf-EESH
- IPA
- /kɛ.sɛf.ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- money of each man
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-sef-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO va-NA-shev o-TO be-ya-DE-nu
Exegesis
The construct kesef-ish {כֶֽסֶף־אִישׁ֙ | ke-sep̄-ʾîš} with be-pi amtachto {בְּפִ֣י אַמְתַּחְתּ֔וֹ | bə-pî ʾam-taḥ-tô} precisely localizes “each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.”
Root and etymology
כ־ס־ף
“silver, money, desire”
In context — Genesis 43:21
And it happened that when we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s silver was in the mouth of his sack—our silver in its weight ; so we brought it back in our hand .
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 43:21, so the Hebrew word כֶֽסֶף־אִישׁ֙ (kesefish) 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 Gen.43.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.21.W7.S1) and character.