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Genesis 24:22

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

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וַיְהִ֗יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רkaasheras becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “as because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…כִּלּ֤וּkilvceaseכָּלָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “cease”, a completed actionH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…הַגְּמַלִּים֙hagmalimthe camelגָּמָלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the camel”, the ordinary formH1581a camelcamel.לִשְׁתּ֔וֹתlishtotto banquetשָׁתָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to banquet”, the to-form of the verbH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)וַיִּקַּ֤חvayiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.הָאִישׁ֙haishthe a certainאִישׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…נֶ֣זֶםnezemearringנֶזֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “earring”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5141a nose-ringearring, jewel.זָהָ֔בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.בֶּ֖קַעbeqahalf a shekelבֶּקַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “half a shekel”, the ordinary formH1235a section (half) of ashekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin)bekah, half a shekel.מִשְׁקָל֑וֹmishqalvoweightמִשְׁקָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “weight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4948weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)(full) weight.וּשְׁנֵ֤יusheneand twoשְׁנַיִםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, construct — “and two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.צְמִידִים֙tsemidimbraceletצָמִידnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “bracelet”, the ordinary formH6781a bracelet or arm-clasp; generally, a lidbracelet, covering.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יָדֶ֔יהָyadeyhahandיָדnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […עֲשָׂרָ֥הasarahtenעֶשֶׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “ten”, the ordinary formH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.זָהָ֖בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.מִשְׁקָלָֽםmishqalamweightמִשְׁקָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “weight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4948weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)(full) weight.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

Young’s Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight [is] a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight [is] ten [bekahs] of gold),

World English Bible

As the camels had finished drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

Darby Translation

And it came to pass when the camels had drunk enough, that the man took a gold ring, of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, ten [shekels] weight of gold,

Douay-Rheims

And after that the camels had drunk, the man took out golden earrings, weighing two sicles: and as many bracelets of ten sicles weight.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden ear-rings, each of a drachm weight, and he put two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἐπαύσαντο πᾶσαι αἱ κάμηλοι πίνουσαι, ἔλαβεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐνώτια χρυσᾶ ἀνὰ δραχμὴν ὁλκῆς, καὶ δύο ψέλλια ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῆς, δέκα χρυσῶν ὁλκὴ αὐτῶν.