Numbers 7:73

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 lists the objects offered by a tribal leader in the dedication of the tabernacle: 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 as a grain offering.

Key words

qorbano ("his offering", H7133A) — construct noun with pronominal suffix, naming the general category of gift before its contents are itemized.
qa'arat ("dish of", H7086) — feminine singular construct, linking the vessel directly to the material kesef ("silver", H3701G) that follows.
mizraq ("bowl", H4219) — masculine singular construct, the second vessel, likewise bound to "silver" and its weight.
sheqel haqodesh ("shekel of the holy place", H8255 + H6944G) — construct phrase specifying the standard of weight used, distinct from any common-use shekel.
belulah ("mixed", H1101A) — Qal passive participle feminine singular, describing the flour as having been mixed (with oil) rather than performing an action itself.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence is built as a list of construct chains rather than a fully verbal clause: qorbano ("his offering") introduces the whole unit, and each following noun is attached to it through construct relationships — "a dish of silver," "a bowl," "fine flour." Numbers are placed in apposition to specify weight: shelshim u-me'ah ("thirty and a hundred") for the dish and shiv'im sheqel ("seventy shekels") for the bowl, both qualified by the phrase be-sheqel ha-qodesh ("by the shekel of the holy place"), which fixes the standard of measurement rather than describing the vessels themselves.

The final clause shifts from listing objects to describing their contents: sheneihem melei'im ("both of them full") uses the dual-referencing construct shenei-hem ("both of them") with the adjective melei'im ("full"), agreeing in the masculine plural even though the vessels named (qa'arat, mizraq) are grammatically distinct in gender — the plural adjective treats them as a combined pair. The flour is described with the passive participle belulah ("mixed"), indicating a completed process rather than an ongoing action, followed by ba-shemen ("with the oil") and the purpose clause le-minchah ("for a grain offering"), which states the offering's classification.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders qa'arat ("dish", H7086) as τρύβλιον ("bowl/dish") and mizraq ("bowl", H4219) as φιάλην ("bowl/vial"), using two vessel terms that overlap more in Greek than the distinct Hebrew terms suggest. The Vulgate uses acetabulum ("small vinegar-dish") and phiala ("bowl"), also selecting Latin container terms whose precise shapes cannot be verified from the data itself. All versions agree on the numerical values and the sanctuary-shekel standard.

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