Study it in the app“I saw among the spoil one fine cloak from Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one tongue of gold whose weight was fifty shekels; and I coveted them and took them. And look, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under it.””
I sawוָאֵרֶאamong the spoilבַשָּׁלָלoneאַחַתfineטוֹבָהcloakאַדֶּרֶתfrom Shinar,שִׁנְעָרand two hundredוּמָאתַיִםshekelsשְׁקָלִיםof silver,כֶּסֶףand oneוּ אֶחָדtongueלְשׁוֹןof goldזָהָבwhose weight wasמִשְׁקָלוֹfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםshekels;שְׁקָלִיםand I coveted themוָאֶחְמְדֵםand took them.וָאֶקָּחֵםAndוְlook,הִנָּtheyםare hiddenטְמוּנִיםin the groundבָּאָרֶץinsideבְּתוֹךְmy tent,הָאָהֳלִיwith the silverוְהַכֶּסֶףunder it.”תַּחְתֶּיהָ
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appearsspoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appearscloak
The large outer garment, sometimes of hair, like the prophets' cloak.
Where else “aderet” appearsShinar
Shinar, the Hebrew name of the plain of Babylonia, in southern Mesopotamia.
Where else “shinar” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” 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” appearssilver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appearstongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appearsgold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appearsweight
Weight; weighing.
Where else “mishkal” appearsfifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appearscovet
To desire something strongly, especially what belongs to another.
Where else “echmde” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekache” appearshide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “temunim” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appearsinside
The inside of a place or an enclosed space.
Where else “toch” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “aholi” appears“A tongue of gold” is a bar of gold. Two hundred shekels are about 2.3 kg; fifty shekels, a little over half a kilo.
20Achan answered Joshua and said, “Truly I have sinned against YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, and this and this is what I did:
21 · This verse (above)
22So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and look, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.
