What does כֶּתֶם (ketem) mean in the Bible?
כֶּתֶם (ketem): Gold understood as ore freshly extracted from earth, emphasizing purity and natural refinement.
Hebrew · H3800
כֶּתֶם
Properly, something carved out, i.e. ore ; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
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כֶּתֶם H3800
Pronunciation ketem
What does כֶּתֶם (ketem) mean in the Bible?
כֶּתֶם (ketem): Gold understood as ore freshly extracted from earth, emphasizing purity and natural refinement.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3800?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include gold (3), of fine gold (2), adorned with the gold (1), in the gold (1), pure gold (1).
Where does כֶּתֶם (ketem) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Job 28:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Job (3), Daniel (1), Isaiah (1), Lamentations (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It gold 3× Job 28:19, Song Of Solomon 5:11, Lamentations 4:1
of fine gold 2× Proverbs 25:12, Daniel 10:5
adorned with the gold 1× Psalms 45:9
in the gold 1× Job 28:16
pure gold 1× Job 31:24
rarer than the gold 1× Isaiah 13:12
Show sample aligned rows
Job 28:16 בְּכֶ֣תֶם to in the gold Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Job 28:19 בְּכֶ֥תֶם to gold Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Job 31:24 וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם to pure gold Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 45:9 בְּכֶ֣תֶם to adorned with the gold Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Proverbs 25:12 כָ֑תֶם to of fine gold Noun - masculine singular Song Of Solomon 5:11 כֶּ֣תֶם to gold Noun - masculine singular construct Isaiah 13:12 מִכֶּ֥תֶם to rarer than the gold Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Lamentations 4:1 הַכֶּ֣תֶם to gold Article | Noun - masculine singular Daniel 10:5 בְּכֶ֥תֶם to of fine gold Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Job 28:16
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 7
Job 3 Psalms 1 Proverbs 1 Song Of Solomon 1 Isaiah 1 Lamentations 1 Daniel 1
Source forms
בְּכֶ֣תֶם 2x bə·ḵe·ṯem Job 28:16, Psalms 45:9
בְּכֶ֥תֶם 2x bə·ḵe·ṯem Job 28:19, Daniel 10:5
הַכֶּ֣תֶם 1x hak·ke·ṯem Lamentations 4:1
וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם 1x wə·lak·ke·ṯem Job 31:24
כֶּ֣תֶם 1x ke·ṯem Song Of Solomon 5:11
כָ֑תֶם 1x ḵā·ṯem Proverbs 25:12
מִכֶּ֥תֶם 1x mik·ke·ṯem Isaiah 13:12
Parsing patterns
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct 3x Job 28:16, Psalms 45:9, Daniel 10:5
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Lamentations 4:1
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Job 31:24
Noun - masculine singular 1x Proverbs 25:12
Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Song Of Solomon 5:11
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular 1x Job 28:19
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Isaiah 13:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Gold understood as ore freshly extracted from earth, emphasizing purity and natural refinement.
Source Gloss
properly, something carved out, i.e. ore ; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Gold understood as ore freshly extracted from earth, emphasizing purity and natural refinement.
properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined) BDB: gold Usage: ((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כֶּתֶם is built from this root:
כָּתַם H3799
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain