What Does Nehemiah 7:71 Mean?
And some of the heads of the fathers gave to the storehouse of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.
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King James wording
King James Version
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.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 free-hearted to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.But who am I, and what is my people, that we should hold the strength to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come from you, and from your hand have we given to you.and set them down at the feet of the sent ones, and it was given out to each as anyone had need.THE THREAD
He scatters and gives to the needy; his alignment stands for the ages; his horn is lifted with his weight.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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