Isaiah 13:17:5Isa.13.17.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־כֶּ֙סֶף֙
asherkesef
“who silver”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-KE-sef
- Extended
- ah-shehr-KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.kɛˈsɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- who silver
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-sher-KE-sef
- clause
a-sher-KE-sef LO ya-khe-SHO-vu ve-za-HAV LO ya-khe-TSU-vo
- sentence
hin-NE me-IR a-le-HEM et-ma-DAI a-sher-KE-sef LO ya-khe-SHO-vu ve-za-HAV LO ya-khe-TSU-vo
Exegesis
The relative clause beginning with ʼăšer {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʼăšer} ’who’ contains two parallel negatives: yaḥšôbû {יַחְשֹׁבוּ | yaḥšôḇû} ’will not regard’ and yaḥpĕṣû {יַחְפְּצוּ | yaḥpĕṣû} ’will not delight’, each negated by lō {לֹא | lō} ’not’ and coordinated by wə-zāhāḇ {וְזָהָב | wə-zāhāḇ} ’and gold’. This parallelism underscores the Medes’ indifference to precious metals. The translation preserves the Hiphil construction plus object sequence and balances the parallel clauses to reflect Hebrew emphasis.
Root and etymology
k-s-pkaf–samekh–pe
“silver, money”
In context — Isaiah 13:17
Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who will not regard silver nor delight in gold.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 13:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ (asherkesef) 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 Isa.13.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.17.W5.S1) and character.