וַֽיְהִי֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל הַזָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בְּשָׁנָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֛ות שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וָשֵׁ֖שׁ כִּכַּ֥ר זָהָֽב׃
And the weight of the gold that came to Shelomo in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold.
Morphology
- וַֽיְהִי֙ (va-yehi) – Root: היה (h.y.h); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And it was”; Notes: Introduces a historical narrative statement.
- מִשְׁקַ֣ל (mishqal) – Root: שקל (sh.q.l); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “the weight”; Notes: Refers to a measured mass.
- הַזָּהָ֔ב (ha-zahav) – Root: זהב (z.h.v); Form: Definite noun, masculine singular; Translation: “the gold”; Notes: Specifies the object being weighed.
- אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א (ʾasher-ba) – Root: בוא (b.w.ʾ); Form: Relative pronoun + Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “that came”; Notes: Introduces relative clause modifying “gold.”
- לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה (li-Shelomoh) – Root: שלם (sh.l.m); Form: Preposition + proper noun; Translation: “to Shelomoh”; Notes: Recipient of the gold.
- בְּשָׁנָ֣ה (be-shanah) – Root: שנה (sh.n.h); Form: Preposition + noun, feminine singular; Translation: “in a year”; Notes: Indicates time frame.
- אֶחָ֑ת (eḥat) – Root: אחד (ʾ.ḥ.d); Form: Numeral, feminine singular; Translation: “one”; Notes: Modifies “year” (שָׁנָה), which is feminine.
- שֵׁ֥שׁ (shesh) – Root: ששׁ (sh.sh); Form: Numeral, feminine singular; Translation: “six”; Notes: Part of the compound numeral.
- מֵאֹ֛ות (meʾot) – Root: מאה (m.ʾ.h); Form: Noun, feminine plural; Translation: “hundreds”; Notes: “שֵׁשׁ מֵאֹות” = 600.
- שִׁשִּׁ֥ים (shishshim) – Root: ששׁ (sh.sh); Form: Numeral, masculine plural; Translation: “sixty”; Notes: Forms part of “660”.
- וָשֵׁ֖שׁ (va-shesh) – Root: ששׁ (sh.sh); Form: Conjunction + numeral, masculine singular; Translation: “and six”; Notes: Final part of the total: 666.
- כִּכַּ֥ר (kikkar) – Root: ככר (k.k.r); Form: Noun, feminine singular; Translation: “talent”; Notes: A large unit of weight, usually of gold or silver.
- זָהָֽב (zahav) – Root: זהב (z.h.v); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “gold”; Notes: Repeated to conclude the sentence with emphasis.