Ezra 8:27

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Also, twenty gold basins worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of polished bronze, as desirable as gold.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּכְפֹרֵ֤י זָהָב֙ עֶשְׂרִ֔ים לַאֲדַרְכֹנִ֖ים אָ֑לֶף וּכְלֵ֨י נְחֹ֜שֶׁת מֻצְהָ֤ב טוֹבָה֙ שְׁנַ֔יִם חֲמוּדֹ֖ת כַּזָּהָֽב׃

Transliteration

And-ûḵəp̄ōrê zāhāb twenty, to-la'ădarḵōnîm one-thousand; and-ûḵəlê nəḥōšet muṣəhāb ṭôbâ two, as-precious-as-the-kazzāhāb.

Grammar Details

• *û*: conjunction - and
• *ḵəp̄ōrê*: noun masculine plural construct - basins of
• *zāhāb*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the gold
• *'eśrîm*: cardinal number - twenty
• *la*: preposition prefix - to/for
• *'ădarḵōnîm*: noun masculine plural - darics
• *'ālep̄*: cardinal number - thousand
• *ḵəlê*: noun masculine plural construct - vessels of
• *nəḥōšet*: noun feminine singular - bronze
• *muṣəhāb*: verb hophal participle masculine singular - polished/gleaming
• *ṭôbâ*: adjective feminine singular - good/fine
• *šənayim*: cardinal number - two
• *ḥămûdōt*: adjective feminine plural - precious/desirable
• *ka*: preposition prefix - as/like

Word Meanings

• *ḵəp̄ōrê*: basins of/bowls of/cups of
• *zāhāb*: gold
• *'ădarḵōnîm*: darics (Persian gold coins)
• *ḵəlê*: vessels of/utensils of/articles of
• *nəḥōšet*: bronze/copper
• *muṣəhāb*: polished/gleaming/shining
• *ṭôbâ*: good/fine/high quality
• *ḥămûdōt*: precious/desirable/valuable
• *kazzāhāb*: as the gold/like gold/as valuable as gold

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Also twenty basins of gold, worth a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine copper, as precious as gold.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  twentye cuppes of golde of a thousande guldens, and two costly ornamentes of good brasse, as cleare as golde,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And twentie basins of golde, of a thousand drammes, and two vessels of shining brasse very good, and precious as golde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Twentie basons of gold of a thousand drammes, and two costly vessels of good brasse, as cleare as golde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and basins of gold twenty, of a thousand drams, and two vessels of good shining brass, desirable as gold.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.

Referenced Verses

• Lam 4:2 : 2 The precious children of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen vessels, the work of a potter's hands!