The Meaning of Numbers 3:50 Explained

Numbers 3:50

KJV: Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

YLT: from the first-born of the sons of Israel he hath taken the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty and five -- by the shekel of the sanctuary;

Darby: of the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

ASV: from the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five'shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Of the firstborn  of the children  of Israel  took  he the money;  a thousand  three  hundred  and threescore  and five  [shekels], after the shekel  of the sanctuary: 

What does Numbers 3:50 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 3:50 mean?

From the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took - the money five and sixty [shekels] and three hundred and a thousand according to the shekel of the sanctuary
מֵאֵ֗ת בְּכ֛וֹר בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לָקַ֣ח אֶת־ הַכָּ֑סֶף חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה וְשִׁשִּׁ֜ים וּשְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֛וֹת וָאֶ֖לֶף בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ

בְּכ֛וֹר  the  firstborn 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בְּכֹר  
Sense: firstborn, firstling.
בְּנֵ֥י  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
לָקַ֣ח  he  took 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third 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.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַכָּ֑סֶף  the  money 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה  five 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
וְשִׁשִּׁ֜ים  and  sixty  [shekels] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שִׁשִּׁים  
Sense: sixty, three score.
וּשְׁלֹ֥שׁ  and  three 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
מֵא֛וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וָאֶ֖לֶף  and  a  thousand 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
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.