The Meaning of Leviticus 27:3 Explained

Leviticus 27:3

KJV: And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

YLT: When thy valuation hath been of the male from a son of twenty years even unto a son of sixty years, then hath been thy valuation fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary.

Darby: And thy valuation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old: thy valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary;

ASV: And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And thy estimation  shall be of the male  from twenty  years  old  even unto sixty  years  old,  even thy estimation  shall be fifty  shekels  of silver,  after the shekel  of the sanctuary. 

What does Leviticus 27:3 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 27:3 mean?

and if is your valuation of a male from old twenty years and up to old sixty years then shall be your valuation fifty shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary
וְהָיָ֤ה עֶרְכְּךָ֙ הַזָּכָ֔ר מִבֶּן֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְעַ֖ד בֶּן־ שִׁשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וְהָיָ֣ה עֶרְכְּךָ֗ חֲמִשִּׁ֛ים שֶׁ֥קֶל כֶּ֖סֶף בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ

וְהָיָ֤ה  and  if  is 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
עֶרְכְּךָ֙  your  valuation 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֵרֶךְ  
Sense: order, row, estimate, things that are set in order, layer, pile.
הַזָּכָ֔ר  of  a  male 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָכָר  
Sense: male (of humans and animals) adj.
מִבֶּן֙  from  old 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
שָׁנָ֔ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וְעַ֖ד  and  up  to 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
בֶּן־  old 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שִׁשִּׁ֣ים  sixty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שִׁשִּׁים  
Sense: sixty, three score.
שָׁנָ֑ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וְהָיָ֣ה  then  shall  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
עֶרְכְּךָ֗  your  valuation 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֵרֶךְ  
Sense: order, row, estimate, things that are set in order, layer, pile.
חֲמִשִּׁ֛ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
שֶׁ֥קֶל  shekels 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
כֶּ֖סֶף  of  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל  according  to  the  shekel 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ  of  the  sanctuary 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.