Exodus 38:26 — King James Version← Study notes
“A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.”
Exodus 38:26 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 38:2622 words
בֶּקַעbeqaʿSection
לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶתlaguləgōletTo skull
מַחֲצִיתmaḥăṣîtHalving
הַשֶּׁקֶלhašeqelThe weight
בְּשֶׁקֶלbəšeqelIn weight
הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred
לְכֹלləḵōlTo whole
הָעֹבֵרhāʿōvērThe cross
עַלʿalAbove
הַפְּקֻדִיםhapəqudîmThe visit
מִבֶּןmibenFrom son
עֶשְׂרִיםʿeśərîmTwenty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וָמַעְלָהwāmaʿəlāhAnd upper part
לְשֵׁשׁləšēšTo six
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
אֶלֶףʾelep̄Thousand
וּשְׁלֹשֶׁתûšəlōšetAnd three
אֲלָפִיםʾălāp̄îmThousand
וַחֲמֵשׁwaḥămēšAnd five
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
וַחֲמִשִּׁיםwaḥămišîmAnd fifty
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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