כֶּ֫סֶף 402 noun masculineGenesis 23:9 silver, money (Late Hebrew
id.; Phoenician, Zinjirli
כסף; Aramaic
כַּסְמָּא 
; Palmyrene
כספא Vog
No. 23; Assyrian
kaspu; probably the
pale metal Thes and others, compare RS
JPh xiv,125) —
כ׳ absolute
Genesis 20:16 +,
כָּ֑סֶף Exodus 21:11 +; construct
Genesis 43:21 +; suffix
כַּסְפִּי Genesis 42:28 +
3 times,
כַּסְפְּךָ 1 Kings 20:3 +
2 times,
כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָ Genesis 17:13;
Isaiah 30:22,
כַּסְפֵּךְ Isaiah 1:22,
כַּסְפֵּנוּ Genesis 31:15 +
2 times,
כַּסְפָּם Hosea 8:4 +
6 times; plural suffix
כַּסְפֵּיהֶם Genesis 42:25,
35; —
silver,
†2. sliver as bright, shining, figurative of dove's wings
בַכֶּ֑סֶף נֶחְפָּה יוֹנָה כַּנְפֵי Psalm 68:14.
8. silver as measure of weight and value (approximately 184 times): —
e. more often =
money, measure of value and exchange (approximately
112 times; not necessarily
coined)
Genesis 31:15;
Genesis 42:25,
27 (E),
Genesis 43:12 (twice in verse);
Genesis 43:15,
18 (J),
Genesis 23:13;
Leviticus 27:18;
Numbers 3:48 (P),
Judges 16:18;
1 Kings 21:2;
2 Kings 12:5 etc.; so
Psalm 68:31 Che, but see De Grill Bae, and Che
critical note.;
מִקְנַת כ׳ one bought for money Genesis 17:12,
13,
23,
27;
Exodus 12:44 (all P);
מִקְנָתוֺ כ׳ Leviticus 25:51 (H)
money for which he was bought;
מָלֵא כ׳ full price Genesis 23:9 (P)
1 Chronicles 21:22,
24;
בְּמִשְׁקָוֹ כַּסְפֵּנוּ Genesis 43:21 i.e. our money in full;
מִמְכָרוֺ כ׳ Leviticus 25:50 the price of his sale;
אָשָׁם כ׳ 2 Kings 12:7 trespass-money,
חַטָּאוֺת כ׳ 2 Kings 12:7 sin-money,
הַכִּפֻּרִים כ׳ Exodus 30:16 atonement-money,
הַפִּדְיוֹן כ׳ Numbers 3:49 redemption-money (both P);
עֶרְכְּךָ כ׳ Leviticus 27:15,
19 i.e. estimated value, etc.
9. among verbs and phrase with
כ׳ are: —
צרף try, refine,
Zechariah 13:9;
Isaiah 48:10;
Malachi 3:3a Psalm 12:7;
Psalm 66:10;
זִקַּק Malachi 3:3b, (compare
הִתּוּךְ Ezekiel 22:22, √
נתך, see
Ezekiel 22:20;
Ezekiel 22:21);
יפּה beautify בכ׳ Jeremiah 10:4;
תָּפוּשׂ כ׳ Habakkuk 2:19 encased with gold and
silver;
לְ שָׁקַל אתהַֿכּ׳ weigh out the silver to or for a person
Jeremiah 32:9;
Genesis 23:16 (P)
Ezra 8:25, without
לְ Jeremiah 32:10, compare
Exodus 22:16 (E),
1 Kings 20:39;
ב׳ שׁקל כ׳ Isaiah 55:2 =
spend money for;
מְחִירָהּ לֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כ׳ Job 28:15;
וַיִּשְׁקְלוּ אֶתשְֿׂכָרִי שׁלשׁים כ׳ Zechariah 11:12;
בַּקָּנֶה ישׁקלו כ׳ Isaiah 46:6, of weighing material for idol;
מָכַר בכ׳ sell for money Amos 2:6;
Genesis 37:28 (J),
Deuteronomy 21:14;
נָתַן בכ׳ Deuteronomy 2:28b 1 Kings 21:6,
15;
Genesis 23:9 (P),
1 Chronicles 21:22; also, of food,
הִשְׁבִּיר ב׳ Deuteronomy 2:28a;
השׂדה נתן כ׳ Genesis 23:13 (P)
pay the price of the field;
קָנָה בְכ׳ buy something
for money Amos 8:6;
Jeremiah 32:25,
44;
Isaiah 43:24;
1 Chronicles 21:24, compare
קָנָה נֶפֶשׁ קִנְיַן כ׳ Leviticus 22:11 (H);
שׁבר בכ׳ Deuteronomy 2:6a Isaiah 55:1;
כרה בכ׳ Deuteronomy 2:6b; peculiar is its use with
פָּדָה,
redeem (which see) in
Numbers 18:16;
לקח כ׳ receive money 2 Kings 5:26;
2 Kings 12:8;
2 Kings 12:9;
לָוָה כ׳ Nehemiah 5:4 borrow money;
הִלְוָה Exodus 22:24 (JE)
lend money
to (with 2 accusative);
בְּנֶשֶׁךְ נתן כ׳ give money on usury Leviticus 25:37 (H),
Psalm 15:5; compare
לֹא תַשִּׁיךְ לְאָחִיךָ נֶשֶׁךְ כ׳ Deuteronomy 23:20.
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