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And everyוְכָלvaluationעֶרְכְּךָshall beיִהְיֶהby the shekelבְּשֶׁקֶלof the sanctuary;הַקֹּדֶשׁtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםgerahsגֵּרָהshall beיִהְיֶהthe shekel.הַשָּׁקֶל
Leviticus 27:25
Study it in the app“And every valuation shall be by the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 27:25, word by word
- valuationעֶרְכְּerk
valuation
The price fixed for something or someone, according to the law.
Where else “erk” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- by the shekelשֶׁקֶלshekel
shekel
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 “shekel” appears- of the sanctuaryקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears- twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- gerahsגֵּרָהgera
gerah
Gerah: the smallest weight, a twentieth of a shekel (a little over half a gram).
Where else “gera” appears
The context
24In the year of jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom he bought it, to the one to whom the possession of the land belongs.
25 · This verse (above)
26But a firstborn, which as a firstborn belongs to YHWH, among the beasts, no man shall consecrate it; whether ox or lamb, it is YHWH’s.