כֶּתֶם
Used: 9 times · Key: 3800 · BDB: כֶּ֫תֶם
Glosses
gold (6); [is].gold (1); of.gold (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
gold tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. gold tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. La 4:1 gold, poet. and late (perhaps loan-word in Heb.; Ph. has n.pr.m. כתם; Sab. כתם HalEt.Sab. 190; kaθȧmā as loan-wd. in Egyptian, Bondi 80 f.);—כ׳ abs. Jb 28:19 + 3 times, כָּ֑תֶם Pr 25:12; cstr. כֶּתֶם Is 13:12 + 3 times;—כ׳ אוֹפִיר Is 13:12 gold of Ophir (‖ פָּ֑ז), so Jb 28:16 ψ 45:10; כ׳ אוּפָ֑ז Dn 10:5 (read perhaps אוֹפִיר for אוּפָז q.v.); כ׳ alone Jb 31:24 (‖ זָהָב), חֲלִי־כ׳ Pr 25:12 ornament of gold (‖ נֶזֶם זָהָב), כ׳ פָּ֑ז Ct 5:11; כ׳ טָהוֹר Jb 28:19; הַכּ׳ הַטּוֹב La 4:1 (‖ זָהָב).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «כֶּתֶם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אוֹקִ֥יר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִפָּ֑ז וְאָדָ֖ם מִכֶּ֥תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃
Word for word: I.will.make.precious humankind more than.pure.gold and humankind more than.(the).gold of.Ophir
JPS 1917: I will make man more rare than fine gold, even man than the pure gold of Ophir.
לֹֽא־תְ֭סֻלֶּה בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִ֑יר בְּשֹׁ֖הַם יָקָ֣ר וְסַפִּֽיר׃
Word for word: not it.will.be.paid in.(the) gold of.Ophir in onyx precious and sapphire
JPS 1917: It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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