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And the shekelוְהַשֶּׁקֶלshall be twentyעֶשְׂרִיםgerahs;גֵּרָהtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםshekels,שְׁקָלִיםtwenty-fiveחֲמִשָּׁה וְעֶשְׂרִיםshekels,שְׁקָלִיםfifteenעֲשָׂרָה וַחֲמִשָּׁהshekelsשֶׁקֶלshall beיִהְיֶהthe minaהַמָּנֶהfor you.לָכֶם
Ezekiel 45:12
Study it in the app“And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels shall be the mina for you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 45:12, word by word
- And the shekelשֶּׁקֶלshekel
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- shall be twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- gerahsגֵּרָהgera
gerah
Gerah: the smallest weight, a twentieth of a shekel (a little over half a gram).
Where else “gera” appears- twenty-fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- fifteenעֲשָׂרָהasara
ten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- the minaמָּנֶהmane
mina
Mina: a measure of weight for metals, about 570 grams (fifty or sixty shekels depending on the period).
Where else “mane” appears
Translation note
The three amounts add up to sixty shekels.
The context
11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath contains a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; according to the homer shall be its measure.
12 · This verse (above)
13This is the contribution that you shall set apart: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat, and you shall give a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley.