Senses
1. silver, money — The Aramaic noun kesaph meaning 'silver' — the precious metal used both as material and as currency/money in the post-exilic period; Arabic فِضَّة (fidda) 'silver'; Korean 은 (eun) 'silver'; Spanish plata 'silver'; Hindi चांदी (chaandi) 'silver' and धन (dhan) 'money/wealth'; Swahili fedha 'silver/money.' All 13 occurrences in the Aramaic portions of Scripture (primarily Ezra and Daniel) refer to the same substance — whether in absolute form (silver), construct (silver of), with conjunction (and silver), or with preposition (with the silver). The prepositional form b-kesaph 'with the silver' (1x) is a grammatical variant of the same noun, not a distinct sense. The dual meaning of precious metal and monetary medium mirrors the Hebrew cognate. 13×
AR["الـ-فِضَّةَ","الـ-فِضَّةُ","الفِضَّة","الْفِضَّةِ-","بِ-الفِضَّة-","فِضَّة","مِنْ-فِضَّةٍ","وَ-الْفِضَّةِ","وَ-فِضَّة"]·ben["আর-রূপার","এই-রৌপ্য-দিয়ে","এবং-রূপার","রূপা","রূপার","রূপার-","রৌপ্য"]·DE["Silber","[בכספא]","[וכספא]","[כספא]","das-Silber","und-das-Silber"]·EN["and-silver","silver","silver-","the-silver","with-the-silver"]·FR["argent","et-argent","et-l'argent","l'argent"]·heb["ב-כספא","ו-ה-כסף","ו-כספא","כסף","כספא"]·HI["और-चांदी-के","चांदी","चांदी-के","धन-से"]·ID["-perak","dan-perak","dengan-perak","perak"]·IT["argento","e-argento","e-l'argento","l'argento"]·jav["Nebukadnezar","kaliyan-perak","lan-perak","lan-selaka","perak","selaka","selaka-"]·KO["그-은","그리고-은","그리고-은-의","에-그-은","은","은-의-","은과","은이","은이었다"]·PT["a-prata","com-a-prata","e-prata","prata","prata-"]·RU["-серебра","за-серебро","и-серебряные","и-серебряных","серебра","серебро","серебряных-"]·ES["con-esta-plata","la-plata","plata","y-plata"]·SW["fedha","fedha-","kwa-fedha","na-fedha"]·TR["gumus","gumusle","gumusu","gumusun","gümüş","gümüş-","gümüşten","gümüşü","ve-gumusten","ve-gümüş"]·urd["اور-چاندی-کے","بِ-چاندی","چاندی","چاندی-کے","چاندی-کے-"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H3701 1. silver (the metal) (391×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H0216 1. light (general / metaphorical) (116×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)H1270 1. iron (metal, tools, weapons; fig. strength/hardness) (76×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)G3037 1. stone / rock (59×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6697 1. rock, cliff, crag (49×)H3001 1. be dry, wither (intransitive) (45×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כְּסַף n.m. Ezr 7:17 silver (v. BH);—abs. כ׳ Ezr 7:15 +, כְּסֲ֑ף Dn 2:32; emph. כַּסְפָּא v 35 +;— 1. as material Dn 2:32, 35, 45; 5:2, 4, 23 Ezr 5:14; 6:5. 2. as money or its equivalent Ezr 7:17, v 15, 16, 18, 22.