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Nehemiah 7:71

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← Nehemiah 7:70	Nehemiah 7:71 (KJV)	Nehemiah 7:72 →
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.	And [some] of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.	And [that] which the rest of the people gave [was] twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And some of the chief^H7218 of the fathers^H1 gave^H5414 to the treasure^H214 of the work^H4399 twenty^H8147 thousand^H7239 drams^H1871 of gold^H2091, and two thousand^H505 and two hundred^H3967 pound^H4488 of silver^H3701.

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Original Hebrew

וַאֲשֶׁר נָתְנוּ שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם זָהָב דַּרְכְּמֹונִים שְׁתֵּי רִבֹּוא וְכֶסֶף מָנִים אַלְפָּיִם וְכָתְנֹת כֹּהֲנִים שִׁשִּׁים וְשִׁבְעָה׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר	va./'a.Sher	H834	HC/Tr	and/ (that) which
נָתְנוּ֮	na.te.Nu	H5414	HVqp3cp	they gave
שְׁאֵרִ֣ית	she.'e.Rit	H7611	HNcfsc	(the) remainder of
הָ/עָם֒	ha./'Am	H5971	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ people
זָהָ֗ב	za.Hav	H2091	HNcmsa	(was) gold
דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים֙	dar.ke.mo.Nim	H1871	HNcmpa	drachmas
שְׁתֵּ֣י	she.Tei	H8147	HAcfdc	two
רִבּ֔וֹא	ri.Bo'	H7239	HAcbsa	ten thousand
וְ/כֶ֖סֶף	ve./Khe.sef	H3701	HC/Ncmsa	and/ silver
מָנִ֣ים	ma.Nim	H4488	HNcmpa	minas
אַלְפָּ֑יִם	'al.Pa.yim	H505	HAcbpa	two thousand
וְ/כָתְנֹ֥ת	ve./kha.te.Not	H3801	HC/Ncfpc	and/ tunics of
כֹּֽהֲנִ֖ים	ko.ha.Nim	H3548	HNcmpa	priests
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים	shi.Shim	H8346	HAcbpa	sixty
וְ/שִׁבְעָֽה	ve./shiv.'Ah	H7651	HC/Acmsa	and/ seven

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H214 — אוֹצָר (ʼôwtsâr, o-tsaw'): from אָצַר; a depository; armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).
• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• H1871 — דַּרְכְּמוֹן (darkᵉmôwn, dar-kem-one'): of Persian origin; a 'drachma', or coin; dram.
• H2091 — זָהָב (zâhâb, zaw-hawb'): from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
• H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H4399 — מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw'): from the same as מֲלְאָךְ; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor); business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
• H4488 — מָנֶה (mâneh, maw-neh'): from מָנָה; properly, a fixed weight or measured amount, i.e. (techn.) a maneh or mina; maneh, pound.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H7239 — רִבּוֹ (ribbôw, rib-bo'): from רָבַב; or רִבּוֹא from רָבַב; a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large number; great things, ten ((eight) -een, (for) -ty, [phrase] sixscore, [phrase] threescore, [idiom] twenty, (twen) -ty) thousand.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H3548 — כֹּהֵן (kôhên, ko-hane'): active participle of כָּהַן; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
• H3801 — כְּתֹנֶת (kᵉthôneth, keth-o'-neth): or כֻּתֹּנֶת; from an unused root meaning to cover (compare כָּתֵף); a shirt; coat, garment, robe.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H7611 — שְׁאֵרִית (shᵉʼêrîyth, sheh-ay-reeth'): from שָׁאַר; a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion; that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.
• H7651 — שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ, sheh'-bah): or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה.
• H8346 — שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym, shish-sheem'): multiple of שֵׁשׁ; sixty; sixty, three score.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• chief — Job 34:19, Luke 21:1-4, 2 Corinthians 8:12

Reciprocal references (3): Joshua 6:19, Ezra 2:69, Ezra 8:1

Related Topics

• Nave’s: DRAM, LEVITES, LIBERALITY, POUND, PRIEST, TEMPLE

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