Numbers 7:13

וְקָרְבָּנוֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם׀ מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָֽה׃

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✦ The same verse in five languages

Hebrew

וְקָרְבָּנ֞וֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּ֣סֶף אַחַ֗ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וּמֵאָה֮ מִשְׁקָלָהּ֒ מִזְרָ֤ק אֶחָד֙ כֶּ֔סֶף שִׁבְעִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶ֣ם׀ מְלֵאִ֗ים סֹ֛לֶת בְּלוּלָ֥ה בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן לְמִנְחָֽה׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ προσήνεγκεν τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ τρύβλιον ἀργυροῦν ἕν,’ τριάκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁλκὴ αὐτοῦ, φιάλην μίαν ἀργυρᾶν, ἑβδομήκοντα σίκλων κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον, ἀμφότερα πλήρη σεμιδάλεως ἀναπεποιημένης ἐν ἐλαίῳ εἰς θυσίαν·

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

fueruntque in ea acetabulum argenteum pondo centum triginta siclorum, phiala argentea habens septuaginta siclos, juxta pondus sanctuarii, utrumque plenum simila conspersa oleo in sacrificium:

Spanish

y su ofrenda fue: una bandeja de plata, con un peso de ciento treinta siclos, un tazón de plata de setenta siclos, según el peso del santuario, ambos llenos de harina fina amasada con aceite para una ofrenda de grano;

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Y fué su ofrenda un plato de plata de peso de ciento y treinta siclos, y un jarro de plata de setenta siclos, al siclo del santuario; ambos llenos de flor de harina amasada con aceite para presente;

English

His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

✦ What the text says

Summary

The verse describes the offering (qorban, H7133A) of a tribal leader, itemizing two silver vessels — a dish and a bowl — each with its specified weight in sanctuary shekels, both filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering.

Key words

qorbano ("his offering", H7133A) — masculine singular construct with pronominal suffix "his" (H9023), naming the general category of gift being presented before the weights are itemized.
qa'arat-kesef ("dish of silver", H7086 + H3701G) — construct chain literally "dish of silver," identifying the material of the first vessel.
mizraq ("bowl", H4219) — construct singular noun for the second vessel, paired with 'echad ("one", H0259) to specify a single bowl.
besheqel haqqodesh ("by the shekel of the holy place", H9003 + H8255 + H9009 + H6944G) — a prepositional phrase with construct noun and definite article, specifying the standard of weight used for the shekels just listed.
belulah ("mixed", H1101A) — Qal passive participle feminine singular, describing the flour (solet, H5560) as already having been combined with oil, a completed state rather than an action in progress.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence begins with ve-qorbano ("and his offering"), establishing the topic, followed by an apposition-style list: first the dish (qa'arat) made of silver (kesef), with the number "one" (achat, H0259) placed after the noun phrase, then its weight given as "thirty and a hundred" (shloshim u-me'ah) — a construction that places the smaller number before the larger, contrary to the English convention. The word mishqalah ("its weight," H4948 + H9024) closes this clause, attaching the numeral to the noun through a possessive suffix referring back to the dish.

The same pattern repeats for the bowl (mizraq): "one" ('echad) directly follows the noun in construct form, then "silver" (kesef), then the number "seventy" (shiv'im) and the noun sheqel (H8255). The phrase besheqel haqqodesh anchors this weight to the specific sanctuary standard, marked by the definite article ha- (H9009) on qodesh ("holy place," H6944G).

The final clause uses sheneihem ("both of them," H8147 + H9028), a dual construct with a suffix, to state that both vessels alike are described by the adjective mele'im ("full," H4392), followed by the passive participle belulah describing the flour as already mixed with oil, closing with the purpose phrase le-minchah ("for a grain offering," H4503G).

Differences between versions

The LXX renders qa'arat ("dish", H7086) as trybllion and mizraq ("bowl", H4219) as phialē, using different Greek vessel terms than a literal dish/bowl distinction might suggest, though the general sense of two distinct silver vessels is preserved. The Vulgate uses acetabulum ("small vinegar-cup" or dish) and phiala ("bowl"), similarly distinguishing two vessel types without exact one-to-one correspondence to the Hebrew nouns' semantic range.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.