Numbers 7:37

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

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Hebrew

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

Greek (Septuagint)

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)

obtulit acetabulum argenteum appendens centum triginta siclos, phialam argenteam habentem septuaginta siclos, ad pondus sanctuarii, utrumque plenum simila conspersa oleo in sacrificum:

Spanish

presentó su ofrenda: 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 su ofrenda, un plato de plata de ciento y treinta siclos de peso, 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

Numbers 7:37 lists the exact contents of one tribal leader's offering: a silver dish weighing 130 shekels, a silver bowl weighing 70 shekels — both measured by the sanctuary standard — and both filled with fine flour mixed with oil, designated as a grain offering.

Key words

qa'arat ("dish of", H7086) — feminine singular construct, opening a noun chain that specifies the vessel is made of silver (kesef).
mizraq ("bowl of", H4219) — masculine singular construct, parallel in structure to qa'arat, introducing the second vessel and its silver material.
sheqel ("shekel of", H8255) construct + ha-qodesh ("the holy place", H6944G) — a genitive phrase meaning "shekel of the holy place," specifying that the weight follows a sanctuary standard rather than a common one.
belulah ("mixed", H1101A) — Qal passive participle, feminine singular, agreeing with solet ("fine flour," H5560); it describes the flour as having been mixed with oil, not an action in progress.
minchah ("grain offering", H4503G) — feminine singular, preceded by the preposition le ("to/for"), marking the purpose for which the flour-and-oil mixture is intended.

What the text says

The verse contains no finite verb; it continues syntactically from the previous verse, which already established that a leader "offered" (hiqrib) his gift. Here the text simply catalogs that gift through a series of construct chains: qa'arat kesef ("dish of silver"), mizraq... kesef ("bowl... of silver"), each followed by a numeral stating its weight in shekels. The numbers for the dish's weight appear in the Hebrew order shelishim u-me'ah ("thirty and hundred"), a sequence that places the smaller number before the larger — the reverse of the customary English "hundred and thirty."

The phrase sheqel ha-qodesh ("shekel of the holy place") functions as a technical qualifier, indicating that both weights are calculated according to a specific reference standard associated with the sanctuary, distinguishing it from any other weight system. The participle belulah ("mixed") is passive, describing the flour's completed state rather than narrating an act of mixing.

Differences between versions

The Vulgate renders qa'arat as acetabulum ("a small vinegar-cup" or condiment dish), a narrower term than the Hebrew qa'arat ("dish/plate") or the LXX's trublion ("bowl/platter"), which is closer in range to the Hebrew. The LXX preserves the Hebrew's "thirty and hundred" order (triakonta kai hekaton), while the Vulgate reverses it to centum triginta ("hundred thirty"), matching the more common numerical convention in Latin.

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