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and twentyוּ עֶשְׂרִיםbowlsכְפֹרֵיof goldזָהָבworth a thousandאָלֶףdarics,לַאֲדַרְכֹנִיםand twoשְׁנַיִםutensilsוּכְלֵיof goodטוֹבָהshiningמֻצְהָבbronze,נְחֹשֶׁתdesirableחֲמוּדֹתas gold.כַּזָּהָב
Ezra 8:27
Study it in the app“and twenty bowls of gold worth a thousand darics, and two utensils of good shining bronze, desirable as gold.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 8:27, word by word
- and twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- bowlsכְפֹרֵיchefore
bowl
A gold or silver bowl of the temple.
Where else “chefore” appears- of goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- worth a thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears- daricsאֲדַרְכֹנִיםadarchonim
daric
Daric: a gold coin of the Persian empire. It appears in books written after the exile (Chronicles, Ezra) to express an amount of gold.
Where else “adarchonim” appears- and twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- utensilsכְלֵיchele
utensil
Something for use: tools, jewels, travel gear.
Where else “chele” appears- of goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- shiningמֻצְהָבmutshav
shine like gold
To gleam with the color of gold. Said of polished bronze that shines like gold.
Where else “mutshav” appears- bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears- desirableחֲמוּדֹתchamudot
precious
Something of great value.
Where else “chamudot” appears
Translation note
The daric was a Persian gold coin of about 8 grams.
The context
26I weighed out into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and utensils of silver worth one hundred talents, gold, one hundred talents,
27 · This verse (above)
28And I said to them, “You are holy to YHWH, and the utensils are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers.