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And ifוְאִםthe one who consecrates itהַמַּקְדִּישׁredeemsיִגְאַלhis house,אֶת בֵּיתוֹhe shall addוְיָסַףa fifthחֲמִישִׁיתof the silverכֶּסֶףof its valuationעֶרְכְּךָto it,עָלָיוand it shall beוְהָיָהhis.לוֹ
Leviticus 27:15
Study it in the app“And if the one who consecrates it redeems his house, he shall add a fifth of the silver of its valuation to it, and it shall be his.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 27:15, word by word
- the one who consecrates itמַּקְדִּישׁmakdish
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “makdish” appears- redeemsיִגְאַלyigal
redeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “yigal” appears- his houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- he shall addיָסַףyasaf
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yasaf” appears- a fifthחֲמִישִׁיתchamishit
fifth part
One of five equal parts of something.
Where else “chamishit” appears- of the silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- of its valuationעֶרְכְּerk
valuation
The price fixed for something or someone, according to the law.
Where else “erk” appears- and it shall beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears
The context
14And when a man consecrates his house as holy to YHWH, the priest shall value it, whether good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.
15 · This verse (above)
16And if a man consecrates to YHWH part of the field of his possession, the valuation shall be according to its seed: a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.