The Meaning of Leviticus 27:25 Explained

Leviticus 27:25

KJV: And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

YLT: And all thy valuation is by the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs is the shekel.

Darby: And all thy valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

ASV: And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all thy estimations  shall be according to the shekel  of the sanctuary:  twenty  gerahs  shall be the shekel. 

What does Leviticus 27:25 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 27

1  He who makes a singular vow must be the Lord's
3  The estimation of the person
9  of a beast given by vow
14  of a house
16  of a field, and the redemption thereof
28  No devoted thing may be redeemed
30  The tithe may not be changed

What do the individual words in Leviticus 27:25 mean?

And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary twenty gerahs to the shekel -
וְכָל־ עֶרְכְּךָ֔ יִהְיֶ֖ה בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים גֵּרָ֖ה הַשָּֽׁקֶל ס

וְכָל־  And  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
עֶרְכְּךָ֔  your  valuations 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֵרֶךְ  
Sense: order, row, estimate, things that are set in order, layer, pile.
יִהְיֶ֖ה  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל  according  to  the  shekel 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ  of  the  sanctuary 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
גֵּרָ֖ה  gerahs 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֵּרָה  
Sense: gerah, a weight, a 20th part of a shekel, equal to the weight of 6 barley grains or 4 to 5 carob beans.
הַשָּֽׁקֶל  to  the  shekel 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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