The Meaning of Exodus 38:26 Explained

Exodus 38:26

KJV: A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

YLT: a bekah for a poll (half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary,) for every one who is passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, for six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

Darby: a bekah the head half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed the numbering from twenty years old and upward, of the six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

ASV: a beka a head, that is , half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A bekah  for every man,  [that is], half  a shekel,  after the shekel  of the sanctuary,  for every one that went  to be numbered,  from twenty  years  old  and upward,  for six  hundred  thousand  and three  thousand  and five  hundred  and fifty  [men]. 

What does Exodus 38:26 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 38:26 mean?

a bekah for each man [that is] half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary for everyone who had crossed over be numbered from twenty years old and above for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty [men]
בֶּ֚קַע לַגֻּלְגֹּ֔לֶת מַחֲצִ֥ית הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ לְכֹ֨ל הָעֹבֵ֜ר עַל־ הַפְּקֻדִ֗ים מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה לְשֵׁשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים

בֶּ֚קַע  a  bekah 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֶּקַע  
Sense: half, part also called “shekel of the sanctuary” or “holy shekel”.
לַגֻּלְגֹּ֔לֶת  for  each  man 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֻּלְגֹּלֶת  
Sense: head, poll, skull.
מַחֲצִ֥ית  [that  is]  half 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מַחֲצִית  
Sense: half, middle.
הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל  a  shekel 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל  according  to  the  shekel 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁקֶל  
Sense: shekel.
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ  of  the  sanctuary 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
לְכֹ֨ל  for  everyone 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָעֹבֵ֜ר  who  had  crossed 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
עַל־  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַפְּקֻדִ֗ים  be  numbered 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: פָּקַד 
Sense: to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for.
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
שָׁנָה֙  years  old 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וָמַ֔עְלָה  and  above 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעַל 
Sense: higher part, upper part adv.
לְשֵׁשׁ־  for  six 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
מֵא֥וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural construct
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אֶ֙לֶף֙  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת  and  three 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
אֲלָפִ֔ים  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ  and  five 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים  and  fifty  [men] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.

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