Numbers 31:52

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י ׀ כָּל־זְהַ֣ב הַתְּרוּמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵרִ֙ימוּ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה שִׁשָּׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֛לֶף שְׁבַע־מֵא֥וֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים שָׁ֑קֶל מֵאֵת֙ שָׂרֵ֣י הֽ͏ָאֲלָפִ֔ים וּמֵאֵ֖ת שָׂרֵ֥י הַמֵּאֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

wa-yəhî all-zəhab ha-tərûmāh which hērîmû for-YHWH sixteen ʾelep seven-hundred and-fifty šāqel from śārê hā-ʾălāpîm and-from śārê ha-mēʾôt

Grammar Details

*wa-yəhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms - and it was
*kol-zəhab*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun - all gold of
*ha-tərûmāh*: definite noun, feminine singular - the offering/contribution
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*hērîmû*: hiphil perfect 3cp - they raised/offered
*la-YHWH*: preposition + proper noun - to/for YHWH
*ʾelep*: noun, masculine singular - thousand
*šāqel*: noun, masculine singular - shekel
*mē-ʾēt*: preposition + direct object marker - from
*śārê*: noun, masculine plural construct - captains of
*hā-ʾălāpîm*: definite noun, masculine plural - the thousands
*û-mē-ʾēt*: conjunction + preposition + direct object marker - and from
*ha-mēʾôt*: definite noun, feminine plural - the hundreds

Word Meanings

*zəhab*: gold
*tərûmāh*: heave offering/contribution/offering
*hērîmû*: offered up/raised/lifted
*šāqel*: shekel (weight unit)
*śārê*: captains/chiefs/commanders
*ʾălāpîm*: thousands/units/divisions
*mēʾôt*: hundreds/units of hundred

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