Leviticus 27:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if it is from a month old even to five years old, then your estimation shall be for the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִ֣ם מִבֶּן־חֹ֗דֶשׁ וְעַד֙ בֶּן־חָמֵ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וְהָיָ֤ה עֶרְכְּךָ֙ הַזָּכָ֔ר חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה שְׁקָלִ֖ים כָּ֑סֶף וְלַנְּקֵבָ֣ה עֶרְכְּךָ֔ שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת שְׁקָלִ֖ים כָּֽסֶף׃

Transliteration

And-if from-ben-ḥōdeš and-unto ben-five šānîm, and-wᵉhāyāh ʿerkᵉkā the-zākār five šᵉqālîm kāsep, and-for-the-nᵉqēbāh ʿerkᵉkā three šᵉqālîm kāsep

Grammar Details

• *ben*: common noun, masculine singular construct - son/age of
• *ḥōdeš*: common noun, masculine singular - month
• *šānîm*: common noun, feminine plural - years
• *wᵉhāyāh*: waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it shall be
• *ʿerkᵉkā*: common noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your valuation
• *zākār*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the male
• *šᵉqālîm*: common noun, masculine plural - shekels
• *kāsep*: common noun, masculine singular - silver
• *nᵉqēbāh*: common noun, feminine singular with definite article and preposition lamed - for the female

Word Meanings

• *ḥōdeš*: month/new moon
• *ʿerkᵉkā*: your valuation/estimation/assessment

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If the person is one month old to five years old, the valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female, three shekels of silver.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the ma five shekels of silver, and for the fema thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And if it be from a month{H2320} old{H1121} even unto five{H2568} years{H8141} old,{H1121} then thy estimation{H6187} shall be of the male{H2145} five{H2568} shekels{H8255} of silver,{H3701} and for the female{H5347} thy estimation{H6187} shall be three{H7969} shekels{H8255} of silver.{H3701}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And if it be from a month{H2320} old{H1121} even unto five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121}, then thy estimation{H6187} shall be of the male{H2145} five{H2568} shekels{H8255} of silver{H3701}, and for the female{H5347} thy estimation{H6187} shall be three{H7969} shekels{H8255} of silver{H3701}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And from a moneth vnto.v. yere the male shalbe set at.v. sycles of syluer and the female at thre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf it be a moneth olde vnto fiue yeare, thou shalt set it at fyue Sycles of syluer, whan it is a machilde: but a woman at thre Syluer Sycles.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But fro a moneth old vnto fiue yere old, thy price of the male shall bee fiue shekels of siluer, and thy price of the female, three shekels of siluer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And from a moneth vnto fiue yeres, thy estimation shalbe of the male at fiue sicles of siluer, and the female at three sicles of siluer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And if [it be] from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If the person is from a month old even to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and if from a son of a month even unto a son of five years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation `is' three shekels of silver;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And if the person is from one month to five years old, then the value for a male will be five shekels of silver, and for a female three shekels.

• World English Bible (2000)

  If the person is from a month old even to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If the person is one month old up to five years old, the conversion value of the male is five shekels of silver, and for the female the conversion value is three shekels of silver.

Referenced Verses

• Num 3:40-43 : 40 And the LORD said to Moses, Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names. 41 And you shall take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn cattle among the children of Israel. 42 And Moses counted, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and above, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
• Num 18:14-16 : 14 Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours. 15 Everything that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old you shall redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.