Numbers

Numbers 18:16

¹⁶You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver,^b according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.^c

Footnotes

b 18:16 5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver.
c 18:16 20 gerahs is equivalent to one shekel (approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams).

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You are to pay the redemption price	וּפְדוּיָו֙	ū·p̄ə·ḏū·yāw	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6299 ransom
for a month-old male	מִבֶּן־	mib·ben-	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
according to your valuation	בְּעֶ֨רְכְּךָ֔	bə·‘er·kə·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6187 order, row, estimate
five	חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת	ḥă·mê·šeṯ	Number - masculine singular construct	H2568 five
shekels	שְׁקָלִ֖ים	šə·qā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8255 shekel
of silver	כֶּ֛סֶף	ke·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3701 silver, money
according to the sanctuary	הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ	haq·qō·ḏeš	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
shekel	בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל	bə·še·qel	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8255 shekel
which	הֽוּא׃	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
is twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	‘eś·rîm	Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
gerahs	גֵּרָ֖ה	gê·rāh	Noun - feminine singular	H1626 gerah

Cross-references

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Exodus 30:13 · Numbers 3:47 · Leviticus 27:2–7 · Leviticus 27:25 · Ezekiel 45:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.