The Meaning of Exodus 38:24 Explained

Exodus 38:24

KJV: All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

YLT: All the gold which is prepared for the work in all the work of the sanctuary (and it is the gold of the wave-offering) is twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.

Darby: All the gold that it took for the work in all the work of the sanctuary the gold of the wave-offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

ASV: All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All the gold  that was occupied  for the work  in all the work  of the holy  [place], even the gold  of the offering,  was twenty  and nine  talents,  and seven  hundred  and thirty  shekels,  after the shekel  of the sanctuary. 

What does Exodus 38:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 38

1  The altar of burnt offering
8  The laver of brass
9  The court, and its hangings
21  The sum of what the people offered, and the use to which it was applied

What do the individual words in Exodus 38:24 mean?

All the gold that was used in all the work of the holy [place] that is was the gold of the offering nine and twenty talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary
כָּל־ הַזָּהָ֗ב הֶֽעָשׂוּי֙ לַמְּלָאכָ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל מְלֶ֣אכֶת הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וַיְהִ֣י ׀ זְהַ֣ב הַתְּנוּפָ֗ה תֵּ֤שַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ כִּכָּ֔ר וּשְׁבַ֨ע מֵא֧וֹת וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ

הַזָּהָ֗ב  the  gold 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
הֶֽעָשׂוּי֙  that  was  used 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
מְלֶ֣אכֶת  the  work 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ  of  the  holy  [place] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
וַיְהִ֣י ׀  that  is  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
זְהַ֣ב  the  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
הַתְּנוּפָ֗ה  of  the  offering 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּנוּפָה  
Sense: swinging, waving, wave offering, offering.
תֵּ֤שַׁע  nine 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: תֵּשַׁע  
Sense: nine, nonad.
וְעֶשְׂרִים֙  and  twenty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
כִּכָּ֔ר  talents 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: כִּכָּר  
Sense: round.
וּשְׁבַ֨ע  and  seven 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
מֵא֧וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים  and  thirty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים  
Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
שֶׁ֖קֶל  shekels 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
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.