בַּ/כֶּ֖סֶף

𐤁/𐤊𐤎𐤐

bakesef

in silver

from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).

H3701

Genesis 13:2 · Word #5

Lexicon H3701

Lemmaכֶּסֶף
Lemma (Paleo)𐤊𐤎𐤐
Transliterationkeçeph
Strong'sH3701
In-contextin silver

Morphology HRd/Ncmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H3701-02

in the silver

Rootכסף (k-s-p)
Core Meaningspaleness, silver, precious metal, longing (by extension in verbal form)
Semantic Rangesilver as a precious metal; money or currency; payment; price; wealth measured in silver
Conceptual SignificanceSilver functioned as a primary medium of exchange and measure of value in the biblical world. Its association with pale brightness and desirability (from the root idea of longing) underscores themes of economic exchange, valuation, and at times misplaced trust in material wealth.
Morphological NotesPreposition בְּ with assimilated definite article (בַּ) + noun כֶּסֶף, masculine singular absolute. The dagesh in כּ marks the doubling from article assimilation.
Rendering RationaleThe form בַּכֶּסֶף consists of the preposition בְּ ("in/with") fused with the definite article ("the") plus the masculine singular noun כֶּסֶף ("silver"). Rendering it as "in the silver" preserves the definite article and singular masculine form while retaining the concrete sense of the precious metal derived from the root כסף.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root כסף (paleness, silver, precious metal, longing (by extension in verbal form))

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3701-01 bakasef with the silver
H3702-01 bekhasepa with the silver
H3703-01 bekhasifeya in Silver-place (Casiphia)
H3701-03 bekhesef with silver
H3701-04 hakasef the silver
H3701-05 hakesef the silver
H3701-06 kasef silver
H3702-02 kasepa the silver
H3701-07 kasepam their silver
H3701-08 kasepekha your silver
H3701-09 kasepekhe your silver-wealth
H3701-10 kasepekhem your (masculine plural) silver
H3701-11 kasepenu our silver
H3701-12 kasepeyhem their silver pieces
H3701-13 kasepi my silver
H3701-14 kasepo his silver
H3702-03 kesaf silver
H3701-15 kesef silver
H3701-16 khakasef like silver
H3701-17 khasef silver
khasepa the silver
H3701-18 khasepekha your silver-wealth
H3701-19 khasepo his silver-wealth
H3701-20 khesef silver
H3701-21 lakesef for the silver
H3701-22 lekhasepam to their silver-wealth
H3701-23 lekhesef for silver
H3701-24 mikasef from silver
H3701-25 mikasepam from their silver
H3701-26 mikesef from silver
H3701-27 ulekhasepi and for my silver
H3701-28 umikasepi and from my silver
H3701-29 uvakesef and in the silver
H3701-30 uvekhesef and with silver
H3701-31 vakesef with the silver
H3701-32 vakhasef and silver
H3701-33 vakhesef and silver
H3701-34 vehakesef and the silver
H3701-35 vekhakasef and like the silver
H3701-36 vekhasef with silver
H3702-04 vekhasepa and the silver
H3701-37 vekhesef and silver
H3701-38 velakesef and for the silver

Word Usage (403 occurrences of H3701)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 13:2 בַּ/כֶּ֖סֶף bakesef in silver
Genesis 17:12 כֶּ֨סֶף֙ kesef with money
Genesis 17:13 כַּסְפֶּ֑/ךָ kasepekha of your money