And the silverוְכֶסֶףof those countedפְּקוּדֵיof the communityהָעֵדָהwas a hundredמְאַתtalentsכִּכָּרand a thousandוְאֶלֶףseven hundredוּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹתand seventy-fiveוַחֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִיםshekels,שֶׁקֶלby the shekelבְּשֶׁקֶלof the sanctuary:הַקֹּדֶשׁ
Exodus 38:25
Study it in the app“And the silver of those counted of the community was a hundred talents and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 38:25, word by word
- And the silverכֶסֶףchesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chesef” appears- of those countedפְּקוּדֵיpekude
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “pekude” appears- of the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- was a hundredמְאַתmeat
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meat” appears- talentsכִּכָּרkikar
talent
A very large weight for metals, about 3,000 shekels.
Where else “kikar” appears- and a thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- seven hundredשְׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- and seventy-fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- and seventy-fiveשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- shekelsשֶׁקֶלshekel
shekel
Shekel: a weight of about 11 grams. Since there were no coins, silver was weighed, so a shekel is also an amount of money.
Where else “shekel” appears- of the sanctuaryקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears
The context
24All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 · This verse (above)
26a beka per head, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.