Allכָּלthe utensilsכֵּלִיםof goldלַזָּהָבand of silverוְלַכֶּסֶףwere fiveחֲמֵשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםfour hundred.וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹתAll theseהַכֹּלSheshbazzarשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּרbrought upהֶעֱלָהwhenעִםthe exilesהַגּוֹלָהwere brought upהֵעָלוֹתfrom Babylonמִבָּבֶלto Jerusalem.לִירוּשָׁלִָם
Ezra 1:11
Study it in the app“All the utensils of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar brought up when the exiles were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 1:11, word by word
- the utensilsכֵּלִיםkelim
utensil
Something for use: tools, jewels, travel gear.
Where else “kelim” appears- of goldזָּהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- and of silverכֶּסֶףkesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appears- were fiveחֲמֵשֶׁתchameshet
five
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appears- thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- four hundredאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- four hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- Sheshbazzarשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּרsheshbatsar
Sheshbazzar
Sheshbazzar: a leader of Judah to whom Cyrus handed over the vessels of the temple to take them to Jerusalem.
Where else “sheshbatsar” appears- brought upהֶעֱלָהheela
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heela” appears- the exilesגּוֹלָהgola
exile, exiles
Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).
Where else “gola” appears- from Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- to Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears
Translation note
The sum of the amounts in verses 9-10 does not give this total; the text does not explain it.
Places in this verse
1Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
10thirty bowls of gold, four hundred and ten bowls of silver of second quality, and a thousand other utensils.
11 · This verse (above)