Study it in the app“And I bought the field from Hanamel my uncle's son that was in Anathoth, and I weighed out to him the silver, seventeen shekels of silver.”
And I boughtוָאֶקְנֶהthe fieldאֶת הַשָּׂדֶהfrom Hanamelמֵאֵת חֲנַמְאֵלmy uncle'sדֹּדִיsonבֶּןthat wasאֲשֶׁרin Anathoth,בַּעֲנָתוֹתand I weighed outוָאֶשְׁקֲלָהto himלּוֹthe silver,אֶת הַכֶּסֶףseventeenשִׁבְעָה וַעֲשָׂרָהshekelsשְׁקָלִיםof silver.הַכָּסֶף
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “ekne” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appearsHanamel
Hanamel: Jeremiah's cousin, from whom Jeremiah bought a field in Anathoth.
Where else “chanamel” appearsuncle
An uncle, or a relative.
Where else “dodi” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsAnathoth
See it on the mapWhere else “anatot” appearsweigh
Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.
Where else “eshkala” appearssilver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appearsshekel
Shekel: a weight of about 11 grams. Since there were no coins, silver was weighed, so a shekel is also an amount of money.
Where else “shekalim” appearsAnathoth
Today: Anata and Ras al-Kharrubeh, West Bank
A town in Benjamin, about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Jerusalem.
It was a city of priests (Josh 21:18). Jeremiah came from there (Jer 1:1).
8And Hanamel my uncle's son came to me according to the word of YHWH to the court of the guard, and said to me, ‘Buy, please, my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that it was the word of YHWH.
9 · This verse (above)
10And I wrote it in the deed and sealed it, and had witnesses testify, and weighed the silver on the scales.
