According to their strengthכְּכֹחָםthey gaveנָתְנוּto the treasuryלְאוֹצַרof the workהַמְּלָאכָהsixty-one thousandשֵׁשׁ רִבֹּאות וָאֶלֶףdrachmasדַּרְכְּמוֹנִיםof gold,זָהָבandוְfive thousandחֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִיםminasמָנִיםof silver,כֶסֶףandוְone hundredמֵאָהtunicsכָתְנֹתof priests.כֹּהֲנִים
Ezra 2:69
Study it in the app“According to their strength they gave to the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand drachmas of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred tunics of priests.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 2:69, word by word
- According to their strengthכֹחָchoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choach” appears- they gaveנָתְנוּnatnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appears- to the treasuryאוֹצַרotsar
storehouse
The place where valuables are kept.
Where else “otsar” appears- of the workמְּלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears- sixty-one thousandשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- sixty-one thousandרִבֹּאותribovt
ten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; also a very large, countless number ("myriad").
Where else “ribovt” appears- sixty-one thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- drachmasדַּרְכְּמוֹנִיםdarkmonim
drachma
Drachma: a gold coin. It may be another name of the Persian daric.
Where else “darkmonim” appears- of goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- five thousandחֲמֵשֶׁתchameshet
five
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appears- minasמָנִיםmanim
mina
Mina: a measure of weight for metals, about 570 grams (fifty or sixty shekels depending on the period).
Where else “manim” appears- of silverכֶסֶףchesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chesef” appears- one hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- tunicsכָתְנֹתchatnot
tunic, robe
Tunic, robe: a long garment covering the body.
Where else “chatnot” appears- of priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears
Translation note
“Drachmas”: gold coins; they may be the Persian darics. The mina weighed about 570 grams.
The context
68And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of YHWH which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of Elohim, to set it up on its base.
69 · This verse (above)
70So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.