Judges 17:3:9Judg.17.3.W9TAB

אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף֩

ethakesef

{the} silver

Transliteration
et-ha-KE-sef
Extended
eht-hah-KEH-sehf
IPA
/ʔɛt.hakˈkɛsɛf/

Meaning by language

English
{the} silver

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶת + הַ + כֶּ + סֶף֩
et + ha + ke + sef
ethakesef

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Samekhs as in sit
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    et-ha-KE-sef

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI

  3. clause

    va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH

  4. sentence

    va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH

Exegesis

The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} signals the definite object elef u-meʾah {אֶלֶף־וּמֵאָה | ʾelep̄ wəmēʾāh} “one thousand and one hundred,” where units follow thousands.

The definite noun ha-kesef {הַכֶּסֶף | hak-keseph} “the silver” is then directed by the dative le-immōw {לְאִמּוֹ | ləʾimmōw} “to his mother.”

Root and etymology

k-s-pk-s-p

silver, money

In contextJudges 17:3

And he returned the one thousand one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. Then his mother said, “Dedicating I have dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make an image and a cast idol. Now I will return it to you.”

About this coordinate

Judges 17:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 17:3, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף֩ (ethakesef) 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 Judg.17.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.3.W9.S1) and character.