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you shall takeוְלָקַחְתָּfiveחֲמֵשֶׁתshekels apieceחֲמֵשֶׁת שְׁקָלִיםper head;לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶתyou shall take themתִּקָּחby the shekelבְּשֶׁקֶלof the sanctuary,הַקֹּדֶשׁthe shekelהַשָּׁקֶלbeing twentyעֶשְׂרִיםgerahs.גֵּרָה
Numbers 3:47
Study it in the app“you shall take five shekels apiece per head; you shall take them by the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel being twenty gerahs.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:47, word by word
- you shall takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachta” appears- fiveחֲמֵשֶׁתchameshet
five
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appears- shekels apieceשְׁקָלִיםshekalim
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 “shekalim” appears- per headגֻּלְגֹּלֶתgulgolet
per head
One by one, when counting people.
Where else “gulgolet” appears- of the sanctuaryקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears- being 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
46And as the ransom for the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess of the Levites,
47 · This verse (above)
48And you shall give the silver to Aaron and to his sons as the ransom for those in excess among them.”