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ka-sif´i-a, ka-sif-ē´a (כּספי×, kaÌ„sÌ£iphyaÌ„'): An unidentified place in North Babylonia, near the river Ahava, to which Ezra sent for “ministers for the house of our God†(). Some have thought the name to be connected with kesÌ£eph, “silver†or “money.†Septuagint renders argurıÌoÌ„ touÌ toÌpou, as in 1 Esdras 8:45, “the place of the treasury.