Numbers 3:50
He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
from the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
KJV
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| מֵאֵ֗ת | me.'Et | from with | H854 → |
| בְּכ֛וֹר | be.Khor | [the] firstborn of | H1060 → |
| בְּנֵ֥י | be.Nei | [the] people of | H1121 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| לָקַ֣ח | la.Kach | he took | H3947 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַכָּ֑סֶף | ha.Ka.sef | the money | H3701 → |
| חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה | cha.mi.Shah | five | H2568 → |
| וְשִׁשִּׁ֜ים | ve.shi.Shim | and sixty | H8346 → |
| וּשְׁלֹ֥שׁ | u.she.Losh | and three | H7969 → |
| מֵא֛וֹת | me.'ot | hundred<s> | H3967 → |
| וָאֶ֖לֶף | va.'E.lef | and one thousand | H505 → |
| בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל | be.She.kel | by [the] shekel of | H8255 → |
| הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ | ha.Ko.desh | the holy place | H6944 → |
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