they gaveוַיִּתְּנוּfor the serviceלַעֲבוֹדַתof the houseבֵּיתof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםfiveחֲמֵשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםtalentsכִּכָּרִיםof goldזָהָבand ten thousandוַ רִבּוֹdarics,אֲדַרְכֹנִיםtenעֲשֶׂרֶתthousandאֲלָפִיםtalentsכִּכָּרִיםof silver,וְכֶסֶףeighteen thousandרִבּוֹ וּשְׁמוֹנַת אֲלָפִיםtalentsכִּכָּרִיםof bronze,וּנְחֹשֶׁתand a hundredוּ מֵאָהthousandאֶלֶףtalentsכִּכָּרִיםof iron.בַרְזֶל
1 Chronicles 29:7
Study it in the app“they gave for the service of the house of Elohim five thousand talents of gold and ten thousand darics, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 29:7, word by word
- they gaveיִּתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- for the serviceעֲבוֹדַתavodat
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appears- of the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- fiveחֲמֵשֶׁתchameshet
five
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appears- thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- talentsכִּכָּרִיםkikarim
talent
A very large weight for metals, about 3,000 shekels.
Where else “kikarim” appears- of goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- and ten thousandרִבּוֹribo
ten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; also a very large, countless number ("myriad").
Where else “ribo” appears- daricsאֲדַרְכֹנִיםadarchonim
daric
Daric: a gold coin of the Persian empire. It appears in books written after the exile (Chronicles, Ezra) to express an amount of gold.
Where else “adarchonim” appears- tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret
ten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appears- of silverכֶסֶףchesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chesef” appears- eighteen thousandשְׁמוֹנַתshemonat
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemonat” appears- of bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears- and a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- of ironבַרְזֶלvarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “varzel” appears
Translation note
The daric is a gold coin of the Persian empire, much later than David; the book expresses the amount in that coin.
The context
6The chiefs of the fathers’ houses, the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the chiefs of the king’s work offered willingly;
7 · This verse (above)
8Whoever had stones gave them to the treasury of the house of YHWH, under the direction of Jehiel the Gershonite.