up toעַדone hundredמְאָהtalentsכַּכְּרִיןof silver,כְּסַףand up toוְעַדone hundredמְאָהcorsכֹּרִיןof wheat,חִנְטִיןand up toוְעַדone hundredמְאָהbathsבַּתִּיןof wine,חֲמַרand up toוְעַדone hundredמְאָהbathsבַּתִּיןof oil,מְשַׁחand saltוּמְלַחwithoutדִּי לָאmeasure.כְתָב
Ezra 7:22
Study it in the app“up to one hundred talents of silver, and up to one hundred cors of wheat, and up to one hundred baths of wine, and up to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without measure.”
With the Hebrew and Aramaic beneath
Ezra 7:22, word by word
- one hundredמְאָהmea
hundred
Hundred (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "mea".
Where else “mea” appears- talentsכַּכְּרִיןkakrin
talent
Talent (Aramaic): the largest measure of weight, about 34 kilograms.
Where else “kakrin” appears- of silverכְּסַףkesaf
silver
Silver (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "kesef".
Where else “kesaf” appears- corsכֹּרִיןkorin
kor
Kor: a large measure for grain and flour, equal to the homer (ten ephahs), about 220 liters.
Where else “korin” appears- of wheatחִנְטִיןchintin
wheat
Wheat (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "chitta".
Where else “chintin” appears- bathsבַּתִּיןbatin
bath
Bath (Aramaic): a measure for liquids, of about 22 liters.
Where else “batin” appears- of wineחֲמַרchamar
wine
Wine (Aramaic).
Where else “chamar” appears- of oilמְשַׁחmeshach
oil
Oil (Aramaic).
Where else “meshach” appears- and saltמְלַחmelach
salt
Salt (Aramaic).
Where else “melach” appears- measureכְתָבchetav
without measure
Without limit of amount: the king orders salt to be given without measuring it.
Where else “chetav” appears
Translation note
“Without measure”: the Aramaic says “that is not written,” that is, without fixing an amount. The talent weighed about 34 kilograms; the cor was a measure of about 220 liters, and the bath, of about 22 liters.
The context
21And by me, I, Artaxerxes the king, an order is given to all the treasurers who are in the other side of the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the Elah of the heavens, asks of you be done with diligence,
22 · This verse (above)
23All that is by the order of the Elah of the heavens, let it be done exactly for the house of the Elah of the heavens; for why should there be anger upon the kingdom of the king and his sons?