Speak to the Israelite people and say to them: When any party explicitly explicitly Cf. note at Lev. 22.21. vows to יהוה the equivalent for a human being,
If the age is from one month to five years, the equivalent for a male is five shekels of silver, and the equivalent for a female is three shekels of silver.
But if one cannot afford the equivalent, that person shall be presented before the priest, and the priest shall make an assessment; the priest shall make the assessment according to what the vower can afford.
One may not exchange or substitute another for it, either good for bad, or bad for good; if one does substitute one animal for another, the thing vowed and its substitute shall both be holy.
If any party consecrates a house to יהוה, the priest shall assess it. Whether high or low, ” as the priest assesses it, so it shall stand;
Translation Notes
*high or low — Lit. “good or bad.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואיש
317
כייקדש
444
אתביתו
819
קדש
404
ליהוה
56
והעריכו
317
הכהן
80
בין
62
טוב
17
ובין
68
רע
270
כאשר
521
יעריך
310
אתו
407
הכהן
80
כן
70
יקום
156
Leviticus 27:15
Gematria: 2941
ואםהמקדישיגאלאתביתוויסףחמישיתכסףערכךעליווהיהלו
and if the one who has consecrated the house wishes to redeem it, one-fifth must be added to the sum at which it was assessed, and then it shall be returned.
If any party consecrates to יהוה any land-holding, its assessment shall be in accordance with its seed requirement: fifty shekels of silver to a ḥomer of barley seed.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואם
47
משדה
349
אחזתו
422
יקדיש
424
איש
311
ליהוה
56
והיה
26
ערכך
310
לפי
120
זרעו
283
זרע
277
חמר
248
שערים
620
בחמשים
400
שקל
430
כסף
160
Leviticus 27:17
Gematria: 2103
אםמשנתהיבליקדיששדהוכערכךיקום
If the land is consecrated as of the jubilee year, its assessment stands.
But if the land is consecrated after the jubilee, the priest shall compute the price according to the years that are left until the jubilee year, and its assessment shall be so reduced;
the priest shall compute the proportionate assessment up to the jubilee year, and the assessment shall be paid as of that day, a sacred donation to יהוה.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וחשבלו
352
הכהן
80
את
401
מכסת
520
הערכך
315
עד
74
שנת
750
היבל
47
ונתן
506
אתהערכך
716
ביום
58
ההוא
17
קדש
404
ליהוה
56
Leviticus 27:24
Gematria: 3855
בשנתהיובלישובהשדהלאשרקנהומאתולאשרלואחזתהארץ
In the jubilee year the land shall revert to the one from whom it was bought, whose holding the land is.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בשנת
752
היובל
53
ישוב
318
השדה
314
לאשר
531
קנהו
161
מאתו
447
לאשרלו
567
אחזת
416
הארץ
296
Leviticus 27:25
Gematria: 2530
וכלערכךיהיהבשקלהקדשעשריםגרהיהיההשקל
All assessments shall be by the sanctuary weight, the shekel being twenty gerahs.
But of all that anyone owns, be it human or beast or land-holding, nothing that has been proscribed for יהוה may be sold or redeemed; every proscribed thing is totally consecrated to יהוה.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אךכלחרם
319
אשר
501
יחרם
258
איש
311
ליהוה
56
מכלאשרלו
627
מאדם
85
ובהמה
58
ומשדה
355
אחזתו
422
לא
31
ימכר
270
ולא
37
יגאל
44
כלחרם
298
קדשקדשים
858
הוא
12
ליהוה
56
Leviticus 27:29
Gematria: 2229
כלחרםאשריחרםמןהאדםלאיפדהמותיומת
No human being who has been proscribed can be ransomed: that person shall be put to death.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כלחרם
298
אשר
501
יחרם
258
מןהאדם
140
לא
31
יפדה
99
מות
446
יומת
456
Leviticus 27:30
Gematria: 2598
וכלמעשרהארץמזרעהארץמפריהעץליהוההואקדשליהוה
All tithes from the land, whether seed from the ground or fruit from the tree, are יהוה’s; they are holy to יהוה.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וכלמעשר
666
הארץ
296
מזרע
317
הארץ
296
מפרי
330
העץ
165
ליהוה
56
הוא
12
קדש
404
ליהוה
56
Leviticus 27:31
Gematria: 2122
ואםגאליגאלאישממעשרוחמשיתויסףעליו
If any party wishes to redeem any tithes, one-fifth must be added to them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואםגאל
81
יגאל
44
איש
311
ממעשרו
656
חמשיתו
764
יסף
150
עליו
116
Leviticus 27:32
Gematria: 4157
וכלמעשרבקרוצאןכלאשריעברתחתהשבטהעשירייהיהקדשליהוה
All tithes of the herd or flock—of all that passes under the shepherd’s staff, every tenth one—shall be holy to יהוה.
One must not look out for good as against bad, or make substitution for it. If one does make substitution for it, then it and its substitute shall both be holy: it cannot be redeemed.
Word-by-Word Analysis
לא
31
יבקר
312
ביןטוב
79
לרע
300
ולא
37
ימירנו
316
ואםהמר
292
ימירנו
316
והיההוא
38
ותמורתו
1058
יהיהקדש
434
לא
31
יגאל
44
Leviticus 27:34
Gematria: 2922
אלההמצותאשרצוהיהוהאתמשהאלבניישראלבהרסיני
These are the commandments that יהוה gave Moses for the Israelite people on Mount Sinai.