Study it in the app“The weight of the earrings of gold that he requested was a thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, the pendants, and the garments of purple that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the necklaces that were on the necks of their camels.”
The weightמִשְׁקַלof the earringsנִזְמֵיof goldהַזָּהָבthatאֲשֶׁרhe requestedשָׁאָלwasוַיְהִיa thousandאֶלֶףsevenוּשְׁבַעhundredמֵאוֹתshekels of gold,זָהָבbesidesלְבַד מִןthe crescents,הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִיםthe pendants,וְהַנְּטִפוֹתand the garmentsוּבִגְדֵיof purpleהָאַרְגָּמָןthatשֶׁwere onעַלthe kingsמַלְכֵיof Midian,מִדְיָןand besidesוּלְבַד מִןthe necklacesהָעֲנָקוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרwere on the necksבְּצַוְּארֵיof their camels.גְמַלֵּיהֶם
weight
Weight; weighing.
Where else “mishkal” appearsring, earring
Ring worn in the nose or the ear as an ornament.
Where else “nizme” appearsgold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shaal” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appearscrescent ornament
Crescent: an ornament shaped like a new moon, hung on the neck of people and of camels.
Where else “saharonim” appearspendant, earring
Pendant: an ornament that hangs, shaped like a drop.
Where else “netifot” appearsgarment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “vigde” appearspurple
Thread or cloth dyed purple, a costly dark red.
Where else “argaman” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearsnecklace
Necklace: an ornament worn around the neck.
Where else “anakot” appearsneck
The neck.
Where else “tsavre” appearscamel
Camel.
Where else “gemale” appearsMidian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
25They said, “We will certainly give them.” They spread out the cloak, and each man threw there an earring from his spoil.
26 · This verse (above)
27Gideon made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, in Ophrah; and all Israel prostituted themselves after it there, and it became for Gideon and for his house a trap.
