What Does Nehemiah 7:71 Mean in the King James?

And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.

Nehemiah 7:71 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The gift is not separate from the work: the Hebrew word for “gave” also carries the sense of setting something in place.

THE MEANING

Shared work takes shape as resources move from individual hands into a common reserve. The contribution is tangible and counted: gold and silver set aside for the work.

THE ROOT

נָתְנוּ

natnu

GROWS FROM

נתן

n-t-n

Give; put, set, place.

“gave” in this verse is natnu. The Hebrew verb can mean both “give” and “put” or “set.” Here, giving places resources into the treasury so the work has something to draw on; generosity becomes part of the work’s structure.

ALSO GROWS

natan: To give, put, or set.

נָתַן

This is the verb behind “gave”; its range joins giving with placing something where it can serve a purpose.

mattan: A gift or present.

מַתָּן

The noun for a gift grows from the same root, linking the act of giving with what is placed into another’s care.

THE PATTERN

Shared work takes shape when individual resources become common provision.

The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

Exodus 35:29 · KJVPeople contribute what they hold so the shared work can be carried out.

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

1 Chronicles 29:14 · KJVGiving is described as returning resources into a work that exceeds any one person.

And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

Acts 4:35 · KJVResources brought into a common reserve become provision distributed according to need.

THE THREAD

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Psalm 112:9 · KJV

The Hebrew root ⁨נתן⁩ (natan, give, set, place) appears in “he hath given,” joining this verse to Nehemiah’s contribution. In both, giving moves resources from the giver’s hands into a place where they become provision.

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