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Numbers 3:47 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)


Numbers 3:47Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 3:4711 words
וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
חֲמֵשֶׁתḥămēšetFive
חֲמֵשֶׁתḥămēšetFive
שְׁקָלִיםšəqālîmWeight
לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶתlaguləgōletTo skull
בְּשֶׁקֶלbəšeqelIn weight
הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred
תִּקָּחtiqāḥTake
עֶשְׂרִיםʿeśərîmTwenty
גֵּרָהgērāhGerah
הַשָּׁקֶלhašāqelThe weight
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
חֲמֵשֶׁתḥămēšetFive
חֲמֵשֶׁתḥămēšetFive
שְׁקָלִיםšəqālîmWeight
לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶתlaguləgōletTo skull
בְּשֶׁקֶלbəšeqelIn weight
הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred
תִּקָּחtiqāḥTake
עֶשְׂרִיםʿeśərîmTwenty
גֵּרָהgērāhGerah
הַשָּׁקֶלhašāqelThe weight

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