Lexical Definition

‎כֶּתֶם‎ kethem (keh'-them) gold ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּתַם‎

((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).

• properly, something carved out, i.e. ore
• hence, gold (pure as originally mined)

1) gold, pure gold

See Greek: ἀργύριον · ἱματισμός · λίθος · πολυτελής · χρυσίον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כֶּ֫תֶם‎ noun masculine^{Lam 4:1} gold, in poetry and late (perhaps loan-word in Hebrew; Phoenician has proper name, masculine ‎כתם‎; Sabean ‎כתם‎ Hal^{Et. Sab. 190}; kaθam¹ as loan-word in Egyptian, Bondi^{80 f.}); — ‎׳‎‎כ‎ absolute Job 28:19 + 3 t., ‎כָּ֑תֶם‎ Prov 25:12 construct ‎כֶּתֶם‎ Isa 13:12 + 3 t.; — ‎אוֺפִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Isa 13:12 gold of Ophir (|| ‎פָּ֑ז‎), so Job 28:16; Ps 45:10* ‎אוּפָ֑ז‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Dan 10:5 (read perhaps ‎אוֺפִיר‎ for ‎אוּפָז‎ q. v.); ‎׳‎‎כ‎ alone Job 31:24 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(זָהָב‎ ‎׳‎‎חֲלִיכֿ‎ Prov 25:12 ornament of gold ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(זָהָבנֶזֶם‎ ‎פָּ֑ז‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Song 5:11 ‎טָהוֺר‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Job 28:19 ‎הַטּוֺב‎ ‎׳‎‎הַכּ‎ Lam 4:1 || ‎זָהָב‎.

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