Genesis 44:2:3Gen.44.2.W3TAB
הַכֶּ֗סֶף
hakesef
“silver”
- Transliteration
- ha-KE-sef
- Extended
- hah-KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /hakˈkɛ.sɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- silver
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-KE-sef
- phraseyour reading level
ge-VI-a ha-KE-sef
- clause
ve-ET-ge-vi-I ge-VI-a ha-KE-sef ta-SIM be-FI am-TA-khat ha-ka-TON ve-ET KE-sef shiv-RO
- sentence
ve-ET-ge-vi-I ge-VI-a ha-KE-sef ta-SIM be-FI am-TA-khat ha-ka-TON ve-ET KE-sef shiv-RO va-YA-as kid-VAR yo-SEF a-SHER di-BER
Exegesis
The appositional sequence gevi'i gevi'a ha-kesef {גְּבִיעִ֞י גְּבִ֣יעַ הַכֶּסֶף | gə-ḇîʿî gə-ḇîaʿ hak-ke-sep̄} specifies “my cup” as “the silver cup,” progressively clarifying possession and material.
Root and etymology
Rootk–s–p (kaf–samekh–pe)
“silver; to long for”
In context — Genesis 44:2
And you shall put my cup , the silver cup, in the mouth of the youngest one's sack, and the silver for his grain. Then he did according to the word of Joseph , which he had spoken.
About this coordinate
Genesis 44:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 44:2, so the Hebrew word הַכֶּ֗סֶף (hakesef) 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.44.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.2.W3.S1) and character.