The Meaning of Numbers 3:47 Explained

Numbers 3:47

KJV: Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

YLT: thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll -- by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel is;

Darby: thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them, twenty gerahs the shekel;

ASV: thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt even take  five  shekels  apiece by the poll,  after the shekel  of the sanctuary  shalt thou take  [them]: (the shekel  [is] twenty  gerahs:  ) 

What does Numbers 3:47 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 3

1  The sons of Aaron
5  The Levites are given to the priests instead of the firstborn
14  Are numbered by their families
21  The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites
27  Of the Kohathites
33  Of the Merarites
38  The place and charge of Moses and Aaron
40  The firstborn are freed by the Levites
44  The balances are refunded

What do the individual words in Numbers 3:47 mean?

and you shall take five shekels for each one individually In the currency of the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take [them] twenty gerahs the shekel of
וְלָקַחְתָּ֗ חֲמֵ֧שֶׁת שְׁקָלִ֖ים לַגֻּלְגֹּ֑לֶת בְּשֶׁ֤קֶל הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ תִּקָּ֔ח עֶשְׂרִ֥ים גֵּרָ֖ה הַשָּֽׁקֶל

וְלָקַחְתָּ֗  and  you  shall  take 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
חֲמֵ֧שֶׁת  five 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
שְׁקָלִ֖ים  shekels 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
לַגֻּלְגֹּ֑לֶת  for  each  one  individually 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֻּלְגֹּלֶת  
Sense: head, poll, skull.
בְּשֶׁ֤קֶל  In  the  currency  of  the  shekel 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙  of  the  sanctuary 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
תִּקָּ֔ח  you  shall  take  [them] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
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  the  shekel  of 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.