Numbers 7:55

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

This verse records the offering of one of the tribal leaders during the dedication of the tabernacle: a silver dish and a silver bowl of specified weights, both filled with fine flour mixed with oil, designated as a grain offering. The verse specifies exact weights measured against a standard called "the shekel of the holy place."

Key words

ka.'a.rat- ("[was] a dish of", H7086) — feminine singular construct noun, linking the dish directly to the material that follows (silver), forming the phrase "a dish of silver."
mish.ka.La + h ("its weight", H4948 + H9024) — construct noun with a feminine pronominal suffix referring back to ka.'a.rat ("dish"), specifying that the numeral belongs to that vessel's weight.
miz.Rak ("a bowl", H4219) — masculine singular construct noun, introducing the second vessel, parallel in structure to ka.'a.rat.
she.nei. + Hem ("both of them", H8147 + H9028) — dual construct form with third-person masculine plural suffix, grammatically binding the dish and the bowl together as a single pair for the following description.
be.lu.Lah ("mixed", H1101A) — qal passive participle, feminine singular, agreeing with So.let ("fine flour", H5560), describing the flour as having been mixed with oil, a completed state rather than an ongoing action.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence is built almost entirely through construct chains (noun + noun in "X of Y" relationships) rather than through finite verbs. ka.re.ba.N + o ("his offering") stands as the subject introducing the whole list, and everything after it specifies its contents through apposition. The dish (ka.'a.rat) is qualified by "silver" (Ke.sef), then by the numeral "one" ('a.Chat), then by its weight ("thirty and one hundred," i.e., 130) via the construct mish.ka.La ("weight of it"). The same construct pattern repeats for the bowl (miz.Rak), weighing seventy shekels. Both weights are measured be. ("by") the She.kel ("shekel") ha. + Ko.desh ("the holy place"), a phrase functioning as a standard unit of measure rather than a location.

The dual form she.nei. + Hem ("both of them") grammatically unites the two previously separate vessels under a single adjectival description: me.le.'Im ("[were] full"). What fills them, So.let ("fine flour") is further qualified by the passive participle be.lu.Lah ("mixed"), indicating the flour's state as already combined with She.men ("oil") before being brought. The final phrase le. + min.Chah ("to a grain offering") states the purpose of the entire assemblage using a prepositional construction rather than a verb of giving or intending.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders ka.'a.rat ("dish") as τρύβλιον and miz.Rak ("bowl") as φιάλην, terms for serving vessels; the Vulgate uses acetabulum ("small vessel/cup") and phialam ("bowl"), showing some variation in vessel terminology across traditions without altering the numerical weights given in the Hebrew.

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