(
Ges Ew Hi Ke
al.
), O nation
not turning pale
,
=
not ashamed
,
cf.
etym.
supr.
;
We
thinks whole
v.
corrupt.
כֶּ˜סֶף
S
3701
TWOT
1015a
GK
4084402
n.m.
Gn 23:9
silver, money
(
NH id.;
Ph. Zinj.
כסף
; Aramaic
כַּסְפָּא
,
ܟܶܣܦܳܐ
(
kespo
);
Palm.
כספא
Vog
No. 23; Assyrian
kaspu;
prob. the
pale
metal
Thes
al.
,
cf.
RS
JPh. xiv, 125
)
—
כ׳
abs.
Gn 20:16
+,
כָּ˜סֶף
Ex 21:11
+;
cstr.
43:21
+;
sf.
כַּסְפִּי
Gn 42:28
+
3 times,
כַּסְפְּךָ
1 K 20:3
+
2 times,
כַּסְפֶּ˜ךָ
Gn 17:13 Is 30:2
2,
כַּסְפֵּךְ
Is 1:22
,
כַּסְפֵּנוּ
Gn 31:15
+
2 times,
כַּסְפָּם
Ho 8:4
+
6 times;
pl. sf.
כַּסְפֵּיהֶם
Gn 42:2
5,
35
;—
silver
,
•
1.
=
silver ore, raw silver (rare and mostly late)
Jb 28:1
, also (in
fig.
)
Ez 22:20
,
22 Zc 13:9 Pr 2:
4;
17:3
;
27:21 Mal 3:3
(×2) ψ 12:7
;
66:10 Is 48:1
0;
הָגֹו סִיגים מִכּ׳
Pr 25:4
remove dross from silver
,
cf.
כ׳ סִיגִים
26:23
and
סִגִים כ׳
Ez 22:18
(
MT
;
Ö
כ׳ ס׳
;
Co del.
in view of
v
2
0);
כ׳ נִמְאָם
Je 6:30
(
cf.
v
2
9),
כַּסְפֵּךְ חָיָה לְסִיגִים
Is 1:2
2.
•
2.
silver as bright, shining,
fig.
of dove’s wings
כַּנְפֵי יֹונָה נֶחְפָּה בַכֶּ˜סֶף
ψ 68:14
.
3.
silver, as wealth,
Gn 13:2
(
J
)
+
often (
c.
54 times in all; frequently with gold, etc.,
v.
זהב
);
בֵיתֹו כ׳ וזהב מְלֹא
Nu 22:1
8;
24:13
;
fig.
of a slave as valuable,
כַסְפֹּו הוּא
Ex 21:21
(all JE); silver as less valuable than gold
1 K 10:21
=
2 Ch 9:2
0;
cf.
also
1 K 10:27
=
2 Ch 1:1
5;
9:27
;
כ׳ נִבְחָר
choice
silver
,
Pr 8:19
;
10:20
.
4.
silver as spoil of war (
c.
זהב
,
q.v.
)
Ju 5:19 2 S 8:11
=
1 Ch 18:11
+
11 times
•
5.
silver as merchandise
Ez 27:12 Pr 3:14
(
סְחַר־כ׳
),
Zp 1:12
;
cf.
also
1 K 10:22
=
2 Ch 9:2
1.
6.
silver as costly gift (
c.
זהב
,
q.v.
)
1 K 15:18
,
19
=
2 Ch 16:
2,
3
,
2 K 16:8
;
18:15 2 Ch 9:1
4;
17:11
;
21:3 Is 60:9 Dn 11:38
(other instances under
8
).
7.
silver as material (
c.
117 times in all; often
c.
זהב
,
q.v.
), of cup
Gn 44:2
cf.
v
8
(
J
), trumpets
Nu 10:2
(
P
),
כְּלֵי־כ׳
Gn 24:53
(
J
)
+
; of idols
Ex 20:23 Is 2:20 Dt 29:16 Ez 16:17
ψ 115:4
;
135:15
+
4 times,
cf.
Dt 7:25 Je 10:4 Hb 2:1
9; especially of fittings of tabern.
Ex 26
,
27
,
36
,
38
(19 times), and those offered by chiefs of people
Nu 7
(28 times), etc.
8.
silver as measure of weight and value (
c.
184 times):—
•
a.
shekels:—
כ׳ שְׁלשִׁים שְׁקָלִים
Ex 21:32
(JE),
cf.
2 S 24:24 Lv 5:15 Nu 18:16
(both
P
),
Ne 5:15
; also (diff. order)
חֲמִשָּׁה שׁקלים כ׳
Lv 27:6
(×2) (
P
),
cf.
Jos 7:21
(JE),
2 K 15:20
, and
אַרְבַּע מֵאֹת שֶׁקֶל כ׳
Gn 23:1
5,
16
,
cf.
Lv 27:
3,
16
(all
P
),
1 S 9:8
; once
שִׁבְעָה שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכּ׳
Je 32:
9.
b.
more often om.
שׁקל
Gn 20:16
;
45:22
(
E
),
37:28
(
J
),
Ho 3:2 Ct 8:11
+
17 times
•
c.
talents:—
כִּכַּר
(הַ)כּ׳ Ex 38:27 ( P ), cf. 1 K 20:39 2 K 5:2 2; 15:19 ; 18:14 ; 23:33 = 2 Ch 36: 3, 1
Ke C. F. Keil. MT Masoretic Text.