The Meaning of Leviticus 27:6 Explained

Leviticus 27:6

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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;

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

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Leviticus 27:6 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 27:6 mean?

And if from old a month and up to old five years then shall be your valuation for a male five shekels of silver for a female your valuation shall be three of silver
וְאִ֣ם מִבֶּן־ חֹ֗דֶשׁ וְעַד֙ בֶּן־ חָמֵ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וְהָיָ֤ה עֶרְכְּךָ֙ הַזָּכָ֔ר חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה שְׁקָלִ֖ים כָּ֑סֶף וְלַנְּקֵבָ֣ה עֶרְכְּךָ֔ שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת כָּֽסֶף

וְאִ֣ם  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.
חֹ֗דֶשׁ  a  month 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
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.
חָמֵ֣שׁ  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
שָׁנִ֔ים  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וְהָיָ֤ה  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.
עֶרְכְּךָ֙  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.
הַזָּכָ֔ר  a  male 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָכָר  
Sense: male (of humans and animals) adj.
חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה  five 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
שְׁקָלִ֖ים  shekels 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
כָּ֑סֶף  of  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
וְלַנְּקֵבָ֣ה  for  a  female 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְקֵבָה  
Sense: female.
עֶרְכְּךָ֔  your  valuation  shall  be 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֵרֶךְ  
Sense: order, row, estimate, things that are set in order, layer, pile.
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
כָּֽסֶף  of  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.

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