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Genesis 43:12

“And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כֶּסֶףkeçeph · keh'-sef
H3701 · Hebrew

Definition: silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
Derivation: from H3700 (כָּסַף);
KJV renderings: money, price, silver(-ling).
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
כֶ֥סֶף — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HC/Ncmsc
Usage: Occurs 403 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 13:2 Genesis 17:12 Genesis 17:13 Genesis 17:23 Genesis 17:27

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כֶּסֶף here.

Verse 11 Verse 13

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.