Numbers 7:61

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

The verse describes the offering (qorban, H7133A) brought by one of the tribal leaders in Numbers 7: a silver dish weighing 130 shekels and a silver bowl weighing 70 shekels, both measured by the sanctuary standard, and both filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.

Key words

korbano ("his offering", H7133A) — construct noun + possessive suffix, naming the total gift being itemized in what follows.
qa'arat ("a dish of...", H7086) — feminine singular construct, linking directly to kesef ("silver", H3701G) to specify the material of the vessel.
mizraq ("a bowl", H4219) — masculine singular construct, paired with 'ehad ("one", H0259) also in construct form here, introducing the second vessel.
beshaqel haqodesh ("by the shekel of the holy place", H8255 + H6944G) — construct phrase specifying the weight standard used, distinguishing it from any other local shekel measure.
beluláh ("mixed", H1101A) — Qal passive participle feminine singular, describing the flour (solet, H5560) as having already undergone the mixing with oil, a completed state rather than an ongoing action.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence is built as a list of construct chains rather than full independent clauses: qa'arat-kesef ("dish of silver"), mizraq... kesef ("bowl... of silver"), and sheqel haqodesh ("shekel of the holiness/sanctuary") all function as tight noun-noun links that in English require added prepositions ("of," "the"). The numbers are stated in a Hebrew pattern of smaller unit before larger — shelloshim u-me'ah ("thirty and hundred") for the dish's weight, meaning 130 — which translations reorder as "one hundred and thirty" for readability.

The dual form sheneihem ("both of them," H8147 with suffix) explicitly marks that the adjective melé'im ("full", H4392) and the following description of flour apply jointly to both vessels just named, tying the sentence together. The final word, minchah ("grain offering", H4503G), is introduced by the preposition le- ("to/for", H9005), stating the purpose for which the flour-and-oil mixture is presented, rather than naming a separate object.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders qa'arat as trýblion ("dish/bowl") and mizraq as phiálē ("bowl"), using two distinct Greek vessel terms similarly to the Hebrew's two distinct nouns, but the Vulgate uses acetabulum ("small vinegar-dish") for the first vessel, a more specific classical term not directly reflecting the Hebrew qa'arat. The Vulgate also compresses the numbers differently, giving "centum triginta" (130) as a single reading rather than reflecting the Hebrew's smaller-before-larger sequence "thirty and hundred."

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