29
And the bronzeוּנְחֹשֶׁתof the wave offeringהַתְּנוּפָהwas seventyשִׁבְעִיםtalentsכִּכָּרand two thousandוְאַלְפַּיִםand four hundredוְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹתshekels.שָׁקֶל
Exodus 38:29
Study it in the app“And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 38:29, word by word
- And the bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears- of the wave offeringתְּנוּפָהtenufa
wave offering
An offering waved before YHWH when presented.
Where else “tenufa” appears- was seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- talentsכִּכָּרkikar
talent
A very large weight for metals, about 3,000 shekels.
Where else “kikar” appears- and two thousandאַלְפַּיִםalpayim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alpayim” appears- and four hundredאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- and four hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- shekelsשָׁקֶלshakel
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 “shakel” appears
The context
28And with the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their tops and joined them with rods.
29 · This verse (above)
30And with it he made the bases of the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the altar of bronze, and the grating of bronze that belonged to it, and all the utensils of the altar,