Nehemiah 7:71

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And some of the heads of fathers' [houses] gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתְנוּ֮ שְׁאֵרִ֣ית הָעָם֒ זָהָ֗ב דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י רִבּ֔וֹא וְכֶ֖סֶף מָנִ֣ים אַלְפָּ֑יִם וְכָתְנֹ֥ת כֹּֽהֲנִ֖ים שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

waʾăšer nāṯənû šəʾērîṯ hāʿām zāhāḇ darkəmônîm šəttê ribbôʾ wəḵesep̄ mānîm ʾalpāyim wəḵāṯənōṯ kōhănîm šiššîm wəšiḇʿāh

Grammar Details

*waʾăšer*: conjunction *wə* + relative particle - and that which
*nāṯənû*: verb, 3rd person common plural, perfect, Qal - they gave
*šəʾērîṯ*: noun, feminine singular, construct - remainder of
*hāʿām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the people
*zāhāḇ*: noun, masculine singular - gold
*darkəmônîm*: noun, masculine plural - darics (Persian coins)
*šəttê*: numeral, feminine, construct - two of
*ribbôʾ*: noun, feminine singular - ten thousand
*wəḵesep̄*: conjunction *wə* + noun, masculine singular - and silver
*mānîm*: noun, masculine plural - minas (weight unit)
*ʾalpāyim*: numeral, masculine dual - two thousand
*wəḵāṯənōṯ*: conjunction *wə* + noun, feminine plural, construct - and tunics of
*kōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural - priests
*šiššîm*: numeral - sixty
*wəšiḇʿāh*: conjunction *wə* + numeral, masculine - and seven

Word Meanings

*šəʾērîṯ*: remainder/rest/remnant
*ʿām*: people/nation/population
*darkəmônîm*: darics/drachmas (Persian gold coins)
*ribbôʾ*: ten thousand/myriad
*mānîm*: minas/pounds (weight unit)
*kāṯənōṯ*: tunics/garments/robes

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Referenced Verses

Job 34:19 : 19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
Luke 21:1-4 : 1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, {G3754} This poor widow cast in more than they all: 4 for all these did of their superfluity cast in unto the gifts; {G2316} but she of her want did cast in all the living that she had.
2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the readiness is there, [it is] acceptable according as [a man] hath, not according as [he] hath not.

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