Silver h3701. כֶּסֶף ḵesep̱
And consider כ + סף
כ •••••••
EDBH The כ highlights an example for all to emulate (Gn 10:10).
AHLB כ – bend and curve, to tame or subdue
TWHA כ – The symbol of crowning accomplishment
DeviantArt כ – A palm of a hand, a wing, to allow, to cover, to open the hand, the power to suppress or lift up
▶︎ From note: Origins of Prefixes/Prepositions כ
GV p.120 כנן establish [a firm beginning]; p.120 כנה name; p.116 כון prepare
DV כהן – p.120 כנן direct [establish a firm beginning]; p.120 כנה name; p.116 כון prepare > p.116 כהן serve as leader
CM כנן establish (C36); כנה dominate (C54); כון hold firmly (C6); (כהן no cognates)
POSSIBLY
TWOT – 976 כִּי (kî) as though, as, because that, but, certainly, except, for, surely, since, that, then, when, etc. (ASV and RSV similar.)
A particle expressing a temporal, causal, or objective relationship among clauses expressed or unexpressed. It is perhaps related to the inseparable preposition כְּ”like, as.” The same particle used in similar ways is found in Ugaritic ( k), Phoenician, Moabite, Akkadian ( kī), and Arabic. It occurs about 4250 times in the Old Testament.
In Hebrew כִּי is used in four ways: to introduce an objective clause especially after verbs of seeing, saying, etc. and translated “that”; to introduce a temporal clause and translated “when” (some of these are almost conditional clauses, thus making “if” appropriate); to introduce a causal clause, “because, for, since”; and with ‘im to express the reason why some case might not occur “except, but rather.” In all four usages כִּי introduces a given which is the result of some other fact or action or will influence some other fact or action. Some would add an asseverative usage giving emphasis to what follows.
Examples are as follows: (objective) “believe that the Lord… has appeared to you” (Ex 4:5); (temporal) “when you buy a Hebrew servant…” (21:2); (causal) “The earth is the Lord’s… for he has founded it…” (Ps 24:1, 2); (with אִם) “I will not let you go, except you bless me” (Gen 32:27).
J.N.O.
From EDBH – p.118 כיה be the cause; limit;; CM כיה weaken (C47)
Must also consider כוה:
סף•••••••
GV p.175 ספף enter; p.174 ספה heap [combine for negative purpose]; p.174 ספא feed [animals; provide fodder]; p.169 סוף limit; p.105 יסף increase [continue]
DV p.175 ספף enter; p.174 ספה heap [combine for negative purpose] > p.14 אסףgather [collect from inappropriate place] No other DVs
CM ספף and סוף move in/out (E3); ספה and ספא control movement/action (E5); יסףlead forward/astray (C56); אסף engage/disengage (A23)
••••••• Scripture references below
① standing on threshold
Psalms 84:10
10 For a day in Your courts (is) better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper (h5605. סָפַף sâp̱ap̱) in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
② doorpost
Amos 9:1
1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said:
“Strike the capitals, that the thresholds (h5592. סַף sap̱) may shake,
And break them on the heads of them all.
I will slay the last of them with the sword.
He who flees from them shall not get away,
And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.
③ threshold
2 Kings 12:9-10
9 Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD; and the priests who kept the door (h5592. סַף sap̱; from h5605. סָפַף sâp̱ap̱) put there all the money brought into the house of the LORD. 10 So it was, whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up and put it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
④ rabble entering nation
Numbers 11:4
4 Now the mixed multitude (h0628. אַסְפְּסֻף ’asp̱esup̱) who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat?
▸ h0628. אַסְפְּסֻף ’asp̱esup̱; by reduplication from h0624. אָסֻף ’âsup̱; gathered up together, i.e. a promiscuous assemblage (of people): — mixt multitude.
- See the context below re: silver as a heap (1 Kings 10:24-29: Deuteronomy 17:14-17):
① heaping; collecting
Deuteronomy 32:21-23
21 They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols.
But I will provoke them to jealousy by (those who are) not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in My anger,
And shall burn to the lowest hell;
It shall consume the earth with her increase,
And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 ‘I will heap (h5595. סָפָה sâp̱â) disasters on them;
I will spend My arrows on them.
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Genesis 8:19
19 Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families (h4940. מִשְׁפָּחָה mišp̱âḥâ), went out of the ark.
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Genesis 11:1 (NKJV – The Tower of Babel)
1 Now the whole earth had one language (h8193. שָׂפָה śâp̱â) and one speech.
② suffering from another’s punishment
Genesis 18:22-25
22 Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD. 23 And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy (h5595. סָפָה sâp̱â) the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy (h5595. סָפָה sâp̱â) the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? 25 Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay (h4191. מוּת mûṯ) the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
③ destroying
Amos 3:14-15
14 “That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel;
And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
And fall to the ground.
15 I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house;
The houses of ivory shall perish,
And the great houses shall have an end (h5486. סוּף sûp̱),”
Says the LORD.
④ container
Exodus 12:21-23
21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover (h6453. פֶּסַחp̱esaḥ) (lamb). 22 And you shall take a bunch of hyssop (h0231. אֵזוֹב ’êzôḇ), dip it in the blood that is in the basin (h5592. סַף sap̱), and strike the lintel and the two doorposts (h4201. מְזוּזָה mezûzâ) with the blood that is in the basin (h5592. סַף sap̱). And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
fodder
Genesis 43:24-25
24 So the man brought the men into Joseph’s house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys feed (h4554. מִסְפּוֹא mispô’). 25 Then they made the present ready for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they would eat bread there.
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Genesis 11:1 (NKJV – The Tower of Babel)
1 Now the whole earth had one language (h8193. שָׂפָה śâp̱â) and one speech.
- It is interesting that EDBH has left out a root on cognate lists for both ספה and ספא. As usual we must ask whether it was an oversight or is it to get us to focus on something? There is a שׂפה and a שׁפה. Here are both complete listings.
They also leave off both שׁפח and שׂפח – the former being referred to in Gn10:5 just above and Gn8:19 under ספה:
Recall we have discussed leprosy as haughtiness, hubris.
- This is the root for the Red Sea / Sea of Suph
① reaching limits
Psalms 73:16-19 A Psalm of Asaph (h0623. אָסָף ’âsâp̱).
16 When I thought how to understand this,
It was too painful for me—
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
Then I understood their end (h0319. אַחֲרִית ’aḥărîyṯ).
18 Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction (h4876. מַשּׁוּאָה maššû’â).
19 Oh, how they are brought to desolation (h8047. שַׁמָּה šamâ), as in a moment!
They are utterly (h5486. סוּף sûp̱) consumed (h8552. תָּמַם ṯâmam) with terrors.
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Deuteronomy 5:22
22(19H) “These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly (h6951. קָהָל qâhâl), in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added (h3254. יָסַף yâsap̱) no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
② ending
Ecclesiastes 12:10-14
10 The Preacher (h6953. קֹהֶלֶת qôheleṯ) sought to find acceptable words; and (what was) written was upright—words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd. 12 And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books (there is) no end (h7093. קֵץqêṣ), and much study (is) wearisome to the flesh.
13 Let us hear the conclusion (h5490. סוֹף sôp̱) of the whole matter:
Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all (h3605. כֹּל ḵôl).
14 For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.
③ storming beyond borders
Isaiah 5:26-28
26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,
And will whistle to them from the end of the earth;
Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly.
27 No one will be weary or stumble among them,
No one will slumber or sleep;
Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;
28 Whose arrows are sharp,
And all their bows bent;
Their horses’ hooves will seem like flint,
And their wheels like a whirlwind (h5492. סוּפָה sûp̱â).
④ taking back
Psalms 104:27-30
27 These all wait for You,
That You may give them their food in due season.
28 What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
29 You hide (h5641. סָתַר sâṯar) Your face, they are troubled;
You take away (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the earth.
⑤ growth at water’s edge
Exodus 2:1-4
1 And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. 2 So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. 3 But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds (h5488. סוּף sûp̱) by the river’s bank. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
- This is the root for Joseph (h3130. יוֹסֵף yôsêp̱)
① increasing
Deuteronomy 5:2
2 יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ כָּרַ֥ת עִמָּ֛נוּ בְּרִ֖ית בְּחֹרֵֽב׃
Deuteronomy 5:2-3
2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb (h2722. חֹרֵב ḥôrêḇ). 3 The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who (are) here today, all of us who (are) alive.
- Intervening verses are the Ten Commandments (Ten Words).
Deuteronomy 5:22
22 אֶֽת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֡לֶּה דִּבֶּר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֶל־כָּל־קְהַלְכֶ֜ם בָּהָ֗ר מִתֹּ֤וךְ הָאֵשׁ֙ הֶֽעָנָ֣ן וְהָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל קֹ֥ול גָּדֹ֖ול וְלֹ֣א יָסָ֑ףוַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֗ם עַל־שְׁנֵי֙ לֻחֹ֣ת אֲבָנִ֔ים וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם אֵלָֽי׃
Deuteronomy 5:22
22(19H) “These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly (h6951. קָהָל qâhâl), in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added (h3254. יָסַף yâsap̱) no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
Here I need to paint a scene for you. This is a community that lived in the best of the land (Goshen), and although they worked very hard, had a fairly good life (they spoke of missing the previous life, the fish any time they wanted, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic – Nm11:5). Now they have left all behind, all except what they could carry with them. They have faced hunger and thirst, attack, sleeping with no roof over their heads and little protection from whatever predators might be about. They are בחרב – living in the state of distress••• they have lost their vitality. Some have died along the way, friends and loved ones. All they once had was gone. They saw the plagues in Egypt; they experienced the fire, cloud, thick darkness, and thunderous voice. They are weary and afraid. And the Ten Words are given to them. AND HE ADDED NO MORE. If we just look at those intervening verses between Deuteronomy 5:3 and Deuteronomy 5:22 AND ADD NO MORE, putting no more burdens on our fellow travelers, no other “requirements.” If we but lived those words written by God in stone, what a peaceful and workable world it would be. “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?” How do we make a difference in this world? Live these Ten Words yourself and lay no more burden on the next person. When you have lifted your heavy log from what you are carrying (I guarantee you, you are), you may have strength to help others with what is small by comparison. By the time we actually recognize our own assumptive reasoning, we have accomplished much of the work to be done. What have you been taught as a “requirement” for the next person? We all have our mulberry trees that must be uprooted and cast into the sea. You’ll find your mulberry has very extensive roots. I have.
② repeating
Genesis 4:1-2
1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.” 2 Then she bore again (h3254. יָסַף yâsap̱), this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
③ continue
Deuteronomy 5:25
25(22H) Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore (h3254. יָסַף yâsap̱), then we shall die.
- Seen numerous places, including the Psalms of Asaph (h0623. אָסָף ’âsâp̱). And please note that even today there is still bitterness in some in Judah re: Joseph. How “favoritism” plays out (“visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon sons•••”) thousands of years later. [Is “from inappropriate place” colored by tradition? See for yourself.]
① bringing together
Genesis 49:1-2
1 And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱), that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:
2 “Gather together (h6908. קָבַץ qâḇaṣ) and hear, you sons of Jacob,
And listen to Israel your father.
Note קבצ is a cognate permutation of יסף. And קבץ is the root for kibbutz.
Kibbutz – “gathering, clustering”; plural: kibbutzim קִבּוּצִים / קיבוצים) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture.
( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz retrieved 01172022)
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Psalms 50:1-6
A Psalm of Asaph (h0623. אָסָף ’âsâp̱).
1 The Mighty One, God the LORD,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God will shine forth.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 “Gather (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) My saints together to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 Let the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is Judge.
Selah
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Isaiah 11:10-13 Recall h5251. נֵס nês is a keyword.
10 “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a banner (h5251. נֵס nês) to the people;
For the Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”
11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
12 He will set up a banner (h5251. נֵס nês) for the nations,
And will assemble (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together (h6908. קָבַץ qâḇaṣ) the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners (h3671. כָּנָף ḵânâp̱) of the earth.
13 Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim (h0669. אֶפְרַיִם ’ep̱raiym).
- In the inheritance, Ephraim is Joseph.
GV p.207 פרר separate [out parts]; p.206 פרה produce; p.205 פרא free [of control]; p.199 פור invalidate [undermine proper proceeding]
DV פאר – p.207 פרר separate [out parts] > p.196 פאר distinguish [stand out]
DV אפר – p.207 פרר separate out parts > p.15 אפר cover No other DVs
CM פרר separate out (B42); פרה and פרא emerge from constraints (B37); פורundermine (B20); פאר expose; highlight (B1); אפר expose/conceal (A8)
② taking away
Genesis 30:22-24
22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away (h0622. אָסַף’âsap̱) my reproach.” 24 So she called his name Joseph (h3130. יוֹסֵף yôsêp̱), and said, “The LORD shall add to me another son.”
③ returning to original place
Numbers 12:15
15 So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march til Miriam was gathered in (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱).
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Genesis 25:7-8
7 This is the sum of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years. 8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full (h7649. שָׂבֵעַ śâḇêa‘) (of years), and was gathered (h0622. אָסַף’âsap̱) to his people.
④ renewing
Exodus 5:6-7 note this is not אסף
6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, 7 “You shall no longer (h3254. יָסַף yâsap̱) give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus 5:7
7 לֹ֣א תֹאסִפ֞וּן לָתֵ֨ת תֶּ֧בֶן לָעָ֛ם לִלְבֹּ֥ן הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים כִּתְמֹ֣ול שִׁלְשֹׁ֑ם הֵ֚ם יֵֽלְכ֔וּ וְקֹשְׁשׁ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם תֶּֽבֶן׃
⑤ harvest
Exodus 34:22
22 “And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering (h0614. אָסִיף ’âsîyp̱) at the year’s end.
⑥ rear guard
Numbers 10:25
25 Then the standard of the camp of the children of Dan (the rear guard (h0622. אָסַף’âsap̱) of all the camps (h4264. מַחֲנֶה maḥăneh)) set out according to their armies; over their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
⑦ rabble entering the nation
Numbers 11:4
4 Now the mixed multitude (h0628. אַסְפְּסֻף ’asp̱esup̱) who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat?
▸ h0628. אַסְפְּסֻף ’asp̱esup̱; by reduplication from h0624. אָסֻף ’âsup̱; gathered up together, i.e. a promiscuous assemblage (of people): — mixt multitude.
Before silver a comment. Recall discussion long, long ago (can go to the Discussion section of LogAndSpeck, Post 02. Multiple Witnesses.) of taking two or three witnesses to establish truth. All of the EDBH entries go about this, listing “multiple witnesses.” It is also noted within passages, that there will be multiple witnesses “to the truth.” Here, particularly note (and I will attempt to be better at pointing out in the future) the occurrence in the passages of multiple related words, tying together כסףwith the ספף variant family.
Now Silver
① longing
Genesis 31:26-30
26 And Laban said to Jacob: “What have you done, that you have stolen away unknown to me, and carried away my daughters like captives (h7617. שָׁבָה šâḇâ) (taken) with the sword? 27 Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp? 28 And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have done foolishly in so doing. 29 It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’ 30 And now you have surely gone because you greatly (h3700. כָּסַף ḵâsap̱) long (h3700. כָּסַף ḵâsap̱) for your father’s house, (but) why did you steal my gods?”
Genesis 31:26
26 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָבָן֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֔יתָ וַתִּגְנֹ֖ב אֶת־לְבָבִ֑י וַתְּנַהֵג֙ אֶת־בְּנֹתַ֔י כִּשְׁבֻיֹ֖ות חָֽרֶב׃
Genesis 31:30
30 וְעַתָּה֙ הָלֹ֣ךְ הָלַ֔כְתָּ כִּֽי־נִכְסֹ֥ף נִכְסַ֖פְתָּה לְבֵ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ לָ֥מָּה גָנַ֖בְתָּ אֶת־אֱלֹהָֽי׃
- Here the clear tie-in
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Psalms 5:1-3
To the Chief Musician. With flutes. A Psalm of David.
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD,
Consider my meditation.
2(3H) Give heed (h7181. קָשַׁב qâšaḇ) to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up (h6822. צָפָה ṣâp̱â).
Psalms 5:3
3 הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה ׀ לְקֹ֬ול שַׁוְעִ֗י מַלְכִּ֥י וֵאלֹהָ֑י כִּֽי־אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ אֶתְפַּלָּֽל׃
- Take note h6822. צָפָה ṣâp̱â is cognate with h5595. סָפָה sâp̱â above.
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Psalms 84:1-3
To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 How lovely is Your tabernacle,
O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longs (h3700. כָּסַף ḵâsap̱), yes, even faints
For the courts of the LORD;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow (h6833. צִפּוֹר ṣippôr) has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
My King and my God.
- I encourage you to consider the times sparrow appears in Scripture. And I remind you of Moses’s wife’s name Zipporah h6855. צִפֹּרָה ṣip̱ôrâ.
② silver; desired asset
Exodus 25:3-7
3 And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver (h3701. כֶּסֶףḵesep̱), and bronze; 4 blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair; 5 ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; 6 oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; 7 onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.
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Genesis 41:9-13
9 Then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying: “I remember my faults this day. 10 When Pharaoh was angry (h7107. קָצַף qâṣap̱) with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker, 11 we each had a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. 12 Now there was a young Hebrew man with us there, a servant of the captain of the guard. And we told (h5608. סָפַר sâp̱ar) him, and he interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted (כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּֽתַר h0834. אֲשֶׁר ’ăšer h6622. פָּתַרp̱âṯar) according to his own dream. 13 And it came to pass, just as he interpreted for us, so it happened. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
Genesis 41:12-13
12 וְשָׁ֨ם אִתָּ֜נוּ נַ֣עַר עִבְרִ֗י עֶ֚בֶד לְשַׂ֣ר הַטַּבָּחִ֔ים וַנְּ֨סַפֶּר־לֹ֔ו וַיִּפְתָּר־לָ֖נוּ אֶת־חֲלֹמֹתֵ֑ינוּ אִ֥ישׁ כַּחֲלֹמֹ֖ו פָּתָֽר׃
13 וַיְהִ֛י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּֽתַר־לָ֖נוּ כֵּ֣ן הָיָ֑ה אֹתִ֛י הֵשִׁ֥יב עַל־כַּנִּ֖י וְאֹתֹ֥ו תָלָֽה׃
▸ CWSBD H7107. קָצַף qāṣap̱: A verb meaning to be angry, to provoke to anger. The word refers to anger that arose because people failed to perform their duties properly. Pharaoh was angry with his baker and butcher (Gen. 40:2; 41:10); while Moses was angry with the people for hoarding manna (Ex. 16:20); Aaron’s sons’ apparent failure to follow rules of sacrifice (Lev. 10:16); and the captains’ failure to finish off the enemy (Num. 31:14). King Ahasuerus was also angry with Vashti for failing to show off her beauty when summoned (Esth. 1:12). The word often expressed an authority being angry with a subject but not always (2 Kgs. 13:19; Esth. 2:21). Sometimes the anger was not justified (2 Kgs. 5:11; Jer. 37:15). The word could also refer to God being angry or provoked (Deut. 9:7, 8, 22; Zech. 1:2; 8:14); an anger that could be aroused by a corporate failure to keep troublemakers in line (Num. 16:22; Josh. 22:18). Isaiah 8:21 contains a reflexive form of the word, as if the anger was unable to find a reasonable object and thus caused the occult practitioners to fret themselves.
- Take away the idea of longing, yearning, desire. Or even expectations. (And frustrated expectations.)
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Then the reference to “heaps of silver.”
1 Kings 10:24-29
24 Now all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 25 Each man brought his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.
26 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem. 27 The king made silver (h3701. כֶּסֶף ḵesep̱) (as common)in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
28 Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king’s merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price. 29 Now a chariot that was imported from Egypt cost six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse one hundred and fifty; and thus, through their agents, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
Deuteronomy 17:14-17
14 “When you come to the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,’ 15 you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, You shall not return that way again.’ 17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.
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