And whatוַאֲשֶׁרthe restשְׁאֵרִיתof the peopleהָעָםgaveנָתְנוּwastwenty thousandשְׁתֵּי רִבּוֹאdrachmasדַּרְכְּמוֹנִיםof gold,זָהָבandוְtwo thousandאַלְפָּיִםminasמָנִיםof silver,כֶסֶףandוְsixty-sevenשִׁשִּׁים וְשִׁבְעָהtunicsכָתְנֹתof priests.כֹּהֲנִים
Nehemiah 7:72
Study it in the app“And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drachmas of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven tunics of priests.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 7:72, word by word
- the restשְׁאֵרִיתsheerit
remnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- gaveנָתְנוּnatnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appears- twenty thousandשְׁתֵּיshete
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appears- twenty thousandרִבּוֹאribo
ten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; also a very large, countless number ("myriad").
Where else “ribo” appears- drachmasדַּרְכְּמוֹנִיםdarkmonim
drachma
Drachma: a gold coin. It may be another name of the Persian daric.
Where else “darkmonim” appears- of goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- two thousandאַלְפָּיִםalpayim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alpayim” appears- minasמָנִיםmanim
mina
Mina: a measure of weight for metals, about 570 grams (fifty or sixty shekels depending on the period).
Where else “manim” appears- of silverכֶסֶףchesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chesef” appears- sixty-sevenשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- sixty-sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- tunicsכָתְנֹתchatnot
tunic, robe
Tunic, robe: a long garment covering the body.
Where else “chatnot” appears- of priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears
The context
71And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand drachmas of gold and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
72 · This verse (above)
73So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel lived in their cities. And the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in their cities.