Ezra 2:69

“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.”

Ezra 2:69 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezra 2:69, word by word

According to their strengthכֹחָchoach

strength

Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.

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they gaveנָתְנוּnatnu

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to the treasuryאוֹצַרotsar

storehouse

The place where valuables are kept.

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of the workמְּלָאכָהmelacha

work

The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.

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sixty-one thousandשֵׁשׁshesh

six

Six; also "sixth".

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sixty-one thousandרִבֹּאותribovt

ten thousand, myriad

Ten thousand; also a very large, countless number ("myriad").

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sixty-one thousandאֶלֶףelef

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

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drachmasדַּרְכְּמוֹנִיםdarkmonim

drachma

Drachma: a gold coin. It may be another name of the Persian daric.

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of goldזָהָבzahav

gold

Gold.

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five thousandחֲמֵשֶׁתchameshet

five

Five.

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minasמָנִיםmanim

mina

Mina: a measure of weight for metals, about 570 grams (fifty or sixty shekels depending on the period).

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of silverכֶסֶףchesef

silver

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

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one hundredמֵאָהmea

hundred

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

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tunicsכָתְנֹתchatnot

tunic, robe

Tunic, robe: a long garment covering the body.

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of priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

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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.

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