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כֶּסֶף — Genesis 23:16 weighed silver in land purchase

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SEMANTIC_USAGE_OCCURRENCEUSAGE_H3701_GEN_23_16
Curation State
CURATED
Release Introduced
v45
Language
Hebrew
Lemma
כֶּסֶף
Strong Id
H3701
Lemma Keys
[
    "כֶּסֶף",
    "H3701"
]
Evidence Layers
[
    {
        "id": "BIBLICAL_HEBREW_GREEK",
        "role": "textual_corpus"
    }
]
Source Ids
[
    "SRC_OSHB_WLC",
    "SRC_KJV1769"
]
Source Reference
Genesis 23:16
Date Range
{
    "label": "Biblical Hebrew textual context; composition/redaction date varies by book",
    "certainty": "broad"
}
Original Language
Hebrew
Attested Form
הַכֶּסֶף
Original Excerpt
וַיִּשְׁקֹל אַבְרָהָם לְעֶפְרֹן אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף
Translation
{
    "text": "Abraham weighed out the silver to Ephron",
    "responsibility": "Berean Archive working context translation; used only for the semantic-usage record.",
    "alignment_note": "Context-level evidence only; this record does not create a new translation-token alignment."
}
Semantic Domains
[
    {
        "id": "economic_commercial",
        "role": "primary",
        "classification": "documented fact",
        "rationale": "Silver is weighed as payment in a negotiated property transaction."
    },
    {
        "id": "legal_judicial",
        "role": "secondary",
        "classification": "strong evidence",
        "rationale": "The surrounding land purchase is formalized before witnesses and establishes property rights."
    }
]
Evidence Strength
DIRECT_ATTESTATION
Context Summary
The occurrence is part of a documented purchase in which silver functions as the medium of payment.
Evidence Boundary
כֶּסֶף can denote silver metal or money/value depending on context; this transaction context supports the commercial classification.
Scripture Reference
{
    "book": "GEN",
    "chapter": 23,
    "verse": "16",
    "edition": "wlc-oshb"
}