The Meaning of Leviticus 27:5 Explained

Leviticus 27:5

KJV: And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

YLT: and if from a son of five years even unto a son of twenty years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels;

Darby: And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, thy valuation of the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

ASV: And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Leviticus 27:5 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 27:5 mean?

And if from old five years and up to old twenty years then shall be your valuation for a male shekels for a female ten shekels
וְאִ֨ם מִבֶּן־ חָמֵ֜שׁ שָׁנִ֗ים וְעַד֙ בֶּן־ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְהָיָ֧ה עֶרְכְּךָ֛ הַזָּכָ֖ר שְׁקָלִ֑ים וְלַנְּקֵבָ֖ה עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת שְׁקָלִֽים

וְאִ֨ם  And  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
מִבֶּן־  from  old 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
חָמֵ֜שׁ  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
שָׁנִ֗ים  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וְעַד֙  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.
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
שָׁנָ֔ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וְהָיָ֧ה  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.
עֶרְכְּךָ֛  your  valuation  for 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֵרֶךְ  
Sense: order, row, estimate, things that are set in order, layer, pile.
הַזָּכָ֖ר  a  male 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָכָר  
Sense: male (of humans and animals) adj.
שְׁקָלִ֑ים  shekels 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
וְלַנְּקֵבָ֖ה  for  a  female 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְקֵבָה  
Sense: female.
עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
שְׁקָלִֽים  shekels 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.

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