Kesef (כסף) means silver in Hebrew.
It can also mean money. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
silver, money
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Kesef.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1יסוד כימי מתכתי. סמלו בטבלה המחזורית הוא Ag, ומספרו האטומי 47. הכסף הוא מתכת רכה בצבע לבן בוהק.
וּבְנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל עָשׂוּ כִּדְבַר מֹשֶׁה וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם כְּלֵי-כֶסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב וּשְׂמָלֹת.
- 2אמצעי תשלום, אמצעי מקובל למסחר ולאמדן של ערך.
וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף הָבוּ מִקְנֵיכֶם וְאֶתְּנָה לָכֶם בְּמִקְנֵיכֶם אִם אָפֵס כָּסֶף.
- 3צבע אפור כעין מתכת.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kesef is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כֶּסֶף
- Written without vowel points
- כסף
- Said
- kesef
- Root
- כ־ס־פ
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- כְּסָפִים
- Inflections
- ר' כְּסָפִים; כֶּסֶף־, ר' כַּסְפֵּי־; כ' כַּסְפּוֹ, כַּסְפְּךָ, כְּסָפָיו, כְּסָפֶיךָ
- Gematria
- 160
This is how Kesef is said in other languages.
- English
- silver, money
- Arabic
- فضة, مال
- Russian
- серебро, деньги
- French
- argent, monnaie
- Spanish
- plata, dinero, pecunia
- German
- Silber, Geld
- Yiddish
- זילבער, געלט
These words mean nearly the same as Kesef.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Kesef is part of these phrases and sayings.
- דג הכסף
- חתונת הכסף
- כסף חי
- כסף קטן
- מטבע כסף
- מסך כסף
- ניר כסף
- צבע הכסף
- על מגש של כסף
- הכסף יענה את הכל
- נולד עם כפית כסף בפה
- משולש הכסף
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Kesef comes from the root כ־ס־פ, like these words.
These words come before and after Kesef in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kesef.
What does Kesef (כסף) mean in Hebrew?
Kesef (כסף) means silver and money. It is said kesef, with the stress on ke.
What is a synonym for Kesef (כסף)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Kesef (כסף) are ארגנטום, דמים, ממון, ניירות, פפולינוס, and מצלצלין.
Is Kesef (כסף) masculine or feminine?
The word Kesef (כסף) is a masculine noun, and its plural is כְּסָפִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כסף of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.