Leviticus

Leviticus 27:16

¹⁶If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it — fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.^j

Footnotes

j 27:16 A homer is a dry measure of approximately 6.24 bushels or 220 liters (probably about 291 pounds or 132 kilograms of barley seed).

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	וְאִ֣ם׀	wə·’im	Conjunction	H518 if
a man	אִישׁ֙	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
consecrates	יַקְדִּ֥ישׁ	yaq·dîš	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6942 be set apart, consecrated
to the LORD	לַֽיהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
a parcel	מִשְּׂדֵ֣ה	miś·śə·ḏêh	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7704 id.
of his land	אֲחֻזָּת֗וֹ	’ă·ḥuz·zā·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H272 possession
then your valuation	עֶרְכְּךָ֖	‘er·kə·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6187 order, row, estimate
shall be	וְהָיָ֥ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
proportional	לְפִ֣י	lə·p̄î	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6310 mouth
to the seed required for it	זַרְע֑וֹ	zar·‘ōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
fifty	בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים	ba·ḥă·miš·šîm	Preposition-b, Article; Number - common plural	H2572 fifty
shekels	שֶׁ֥קֶל	še·qel	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8255 shekel
of silver	כָּֽסֶף׃	kā·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
for every homer	חֹ֣מֶר	ḥō·mer	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2563 cement, mortar, clay
of barley	שְׂעֹרִ֔ים	śə·‘ō·rîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8184 barley
seed	זֶ֚רַע	ze·ra‘	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.