King James Version

Numbers 3:47

Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

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וְלָקַחְתָּ֗velaqachtaand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, a completed action in a sequenceH3947to 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.חֲמֵ֧שֶׁתchameshetfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “five”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).חֲמֵ֛שֶׁתchameshetfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “five”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).שְׁקָלִ֖יםsheqalimshekelשֶׁקֶלnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “shekel”, the ordinary formH8255probably a weight; used as a commercial standardshekel.לַגֻּלְגֹּ֑לֶתlagulgoletto headגֻּלְגֹּלֶתpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to head”, the ordinary formH1538a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)head, every man, poll, skull.בְּשֶׁ֤קֶלbesheqelin shekelשֶׁקֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in shekel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8255probably a weight; used as a commercial standardshekel.הַקֹּ֨דֶשׁ֙haqodeshthe consecratedקֹדֶשׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the consecrated”, the ordinary formH6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctityconsecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.תִּקָּ֔חtiqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “take”, an unfinished actionH3947to 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.עֶשְׂרִ֥יםesrimtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).גֵּרָ֖הgerahgerahגֵּרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “gerah”, the ordinary formH1626a gerah or small weight (and coin)gerah.הַשָּֽׁקֶלhashaqelthe shekelשֶׁקֶלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the shekel”, the ordinary formH8255probably a weight; used as a commercial standardshekel.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them — the shekel is twenty gerahs.

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American Standard Version (1901)

thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

Young’s Literal Translation

thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll — by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel [is];

World English Bible

you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs );

Darby Translation

thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them, — twenty gerahs the shekel;

Douay-Rheims

Thou shalt take five sides for every head, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them — the shekel is twenty gerahs.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ λήψῃ πέντε σίκλους κατὰ κεφαλὴν, κατὰ τὸ δίδραχμον τὸ ἅγιον λήψῃ, εἴκοσι ὀβολοὺς τοῦ σίκλου.