Judges 17:4:7Judg.17.4.W7TAB
כֶּ֜סֶף
kesef
“silver”
- Transliteration
- KE-sef
- Extended
- KEH-sehf
- IPA
- /ˈkɛsɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- silver
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef
- clause
va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-ha-KE-sef le-im-MO va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
Exegesis
The dual numeral maatayim {מָאתַ֨יִם | māʿattayīm} precisely quantifies kesef {כֶּ֜סֶף | keśeph}.
Root and etymology
כ־ס־ף
“silver; valued metal”
In context — Judges 17:4
So he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a cast idol. And it was in the house of Micah .
About this coordinate
Judges 17:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 17:4, so the Hebrew word כֶּ֜סֶף (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 Judg.17.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.4.W7.S1) and character.