בֶּ֚קַע לַגֻּלְגֹּ֔לֶת מַחֲצִ֥ית הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ לְכֹ֨ל הָעֹבֵ֜ר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִ֗ים מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה לְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאֹ֥ות אֶ֨לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֖ות וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃
A beka per head, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to the numbered, from twenty years old and above, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
Morphology
- בֶּ֚קַע (beqa) – Root: בקע (b-q-ʿ); Form: Noun, masculine singular absolute; Translation: “A beka”; Notes: Refers to a half-shekel measure.
- לַגֻּלְגֹּ֔לֶת (lagulgolet) – Root: גלגלת (g-l-g-l-t); Form: Preposition + noun, feminine singular construct; Translation: “Per head”; Notes: Indicates individual payment.
- מַחֲצִ֥ית (maḥatsit) – Root: חצי (ḥ-ts-y); Form: Noun, feminine singular construct; Translation: “Half”; Notes: Refers to the fraction of the shekel.
- הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל (hasheqel) – Root: שקל (sh-q-l); Form: Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “The shekel”; Notes: Standard unit of currency.
- בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל (besheqel) – Root: שקל (sh-q-l); Form: Preposition + noun; Translation: “According to the shekel”; Notes: Refers to the specified standard.
- הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ (haqodesh) – Root: קדש (q-d-sh); Form: Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “Of the sanctuary”; Notes: Indicates the sacred standard.
- לְכֹ֨ל (lekhol) – Root: כל (k-l); Form: Preposition + noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “For everyone”; Notes: Introduces the recipients.
- הָעֹבֵ֜ר (haʿover) – Root: עבר (ʿ-v-r); Form: Participle, masculine singular absolute with definite article; Translation: “Who passed over”; Notes: Refers to those counted.
- עַל־הַפְּקֻדִ֗ים (ʿal-hapqudim) – Root: פקד (p-q-d); Form: Preposition + noun, masculine plural with definite article; Translation: “To the numbered”; Notes: Refers to the census participants.
- מִבֶּ֨ן (miben) – Root: בן (b-n); Form: Preposition + noun; Translation: “From the age of”; Notes: Indicates the minimum age.
- עֶשְׂרִ֤ים (ʿesrim) – Root: עשר (ʿ-sh-r); Form: Cardinal number; Translation: “Twenty”; Notes: Refers to the starting age.
- שָׁנָה֙ (shanah) – Root: שנה (sh-n-h); Form: Noun, feminine singular absolute; Translation: “Years”; Notes: Specifies age.
- וָמַ֔עְלָה (vamaʿlah) – Root: מעלה (m-ʿ-l-h); Form: Conjunction + noun, feminine singular absolute; Translation: “And upward”; Notes: Indicates higher age brackets.
- לְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאֹ֥ות (leshesh-meʾot) – Root: שש (sh-sh) + מאה (m-ʾ-h); Form: Preposition + cardinal number; Translation: “For six hundred”; Notes: Refers to the census total.
- אֶ֨לֶף֙ (elef) – Root: אלף (ʾ-l-p); Form: Cardinal number; Translation: “Thousand”; Notes: Adds to the total.
- וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (ushloshet) – Root: שלש (sh-l-sh); Form: Conjunction + cardinal number construct; Translation: “And three”; Notes: Part of the count.
- אֲלָפִ֔ים (alafim) – Root: אלף (ʾ-l-p); Form: Noun, masculine plural absolute; Translation: “Thousands”; Notes: Refers to the total census.
- וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ (vachamesh) – Root: חמש (ḥ-m-sh); Form: Conjunction + cardinal number; Translation: “And five”; Notes: Completes the total.
- מֵאֹ֖ות (meʾot) – Root: מאה (m-ʾ-h); Form: Noun, feminine plural absolute; Translation: “Hundreds”; Notes: Adds precision to the number.
- וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים (vachamishim) – Root: חמש (ḥ-m-sh); Form: Conjunction + cardinal number; Translation: “And fifty”; Notes: Specifies the final count.