Exodus 38:25

“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:”

Exodus 38:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 38:25, word by word

And the silverכֶסֶףchesef

silver

A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.

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of those countedפְּקוּדֵיpekude

count

To list a people, how many there are.

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of the communityעֵדָהeda

community

Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.

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was a hundredמְאַתmeat

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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talentsכִּכָּרkikar

talent

A very large weight for metals, about 3,000 shekels.

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and a thousandאֶלֶףelef

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

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seven hundredשְׁבַעsheva

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

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and seventy-fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha

five

Five.

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and seventy-fiveשִׁבְעִיםshivim

seventy

Seventy.

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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.

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of the sanctuaryקֹּדֶשׁkodesh

sanctuary

The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.

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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.

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