The Meaning of Leviticus 27:7 Explained

Leviticus 27:7

KJV: And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

YLT: and if from a son of sixty years and above -- if a male, then hath thy valuation been fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.

Darby: And if it be from sixty years old and above, if it be a male, thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels; and for the female ten shekels.

ASV: And if it be from sixty years old and upward; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if [it be] from sixty  years  old  and above;  if [it be] a male,  then thy estimation  shall be fifteen  shekels,  and for the female  ten  shekels. 

What does Leviticus 27:7 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 27:7 mean?

And if from old sixty years and above if [it is] a male then shall be your valuation five [and] ten shekels for a female ten shekels
וְ֠אִם מִבֶּן־ שִׁשִּׁ֨ים שָׁנָ֤ה וָמַ֙עְלָה֙ אִם־ זָכָ֔ר וְהָיָ֣ה עֶרְכְּךָ֔ חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר שָׁ֑קֶל וְלַנְּקֵבָ֖ה עֲשָׂרָ֥ה שְׁקָלִֽים

וְ֠אִם  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.
שִׁשִּׁ֨ים  sixty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שִׁשִּׁים  
Sense: sixty, three score.
שָׁנָ֤ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וָמַ֙עְלָה֙  and  above 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעַל 
Sense: higher part, upper part adv.
זָכָ֔ר  [it  is]  a  male 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָכָר  
Sense: male (of humans and animals) adj.
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.
עֶרְכְּךָ֔  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.
חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה  five 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
עָשָׂ֖ר  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
שָׁ֑קֶל  shekels 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
וְלַנְּקֵבָ֖ה  for  a  female 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְקֵבָה  
Sense: female.
עֲשָׂרָ֥ה  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
שְׁקָלִֽים  shekels 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.

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