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Second Kings 6:25

And there was a great famine in Samaria [and the food supplies ran out]. They besieged the city for so long that a donkey's head [one of the least desirable parts] was sold for 80 [shekels – 920 grams] of silver [equivalent to nearly 7 years' wages for a worker] and a quarter of a kav of pigeon droppings [for food or fuel] for 5 silver [5 shekels (58 grams) – 5 months' wages].
[The text does not specify the unit, but it is most likely the silver coin, the shekel. A worker's monthly wage was one shekel, so these prices are exorbitant. In texts from Mesopotamia from 2200 BC (Naram-Sin), there are examples where a week's consumption of bread for one person (about 6 liters) cost 50 silver coins during a siege.]
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

וַיְהִי   רָעָב   גָּדוֹל   בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן   וְהִנֵּה   צָרִים   עָלֶיהָ   עַד   הֱיוֹת   רֹאשׁ   חֲמוֹר   בִּשְׁמֹנִים   כֶּסֶף   וְרֹבַע   הַקַּב   חֲרֵייוֹנִים   בַּחֲמִשָּׁה   כָסֶף  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

καὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς μέγας ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ ἰδοὺ περιεκάθηντο ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν ἕως οὗ ἐγενήθη κεφαλὴ ὄνου πεντήκοντα σίκλων ἀργυρίου καὶ τέταρτον τοῦ κάβου κόπρου περιστερῶν πέντε σίκλων ἀργυρίου

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H9001
H1961
 וַ (va)
יְהִ֨י (jehi)
 seq
to be
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
qal wayyiqtol 3p ♂ sing. qal wayyiqtol (sequential imperfect) third person masculine singular

c
Vqw3ms
H7458
 רָעָ֤ב (raav)
 famine
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncbsa
H1419a
 גָּדוֹל֙ (gadvól)
 great
Adj. Adjective
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Aabsa
H9003
H8111
 בְּ (be)
שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (shómervón)
 in
Samaria
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
Name/Place name/place

 R
Npl
H9002
H2009
 וְ (ve)
הִנֵּ֖ה (hine)
 and
behold
Conj. Conjunktion

Particle – demonstrative Particle (Demonstrative)

 C
Tj
H6696a
 צָרִ֣ים (tzarim)
 to confine
Verb Verb
qal participle active ♂ pl. qal participle active masculine plural

Vqrmpa
H5921a
H9034
 עָלֶ֑י (ale)
הָ (ha)
 upon
her
Prep. Preposition

Suffix Suffix
pron. 3p ♀ sing. Pronominal third person feminine singular

R
Sp3fs
H5704
 עַ֣ד (ad)
 till
Prep. Preposition

 R
H1961
 הֱי֤וֹת (hejvót)
 to be
Verb Verb
qal qal

Vqcc
H7218a
H9014
 רֹאשׁ (rósh-)
־
head
link
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Ncbsc
H2543
 חֲמוֹר֙ (chamvór)
 donkey
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncbsa
H9003
H8084
 בִּ (bi)
שְׁמֹנִ֣ים (shemónim)
 in
eighty
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 R
Ncmpa
H3701
 כֶּ֔סֶף (kesef)
 silver
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncbsa
H9002
H7255
 וְ (ve)
רֹ֛בַע (róva)
 and
fourth
Conj. Conjunktion

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

C
Ncbsc
H9009
H6894
 הַ (ha)
קַּ֥ב (qav)
 the
kab
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Td
Ncbsa
H2716

H3123
 חֲרֵי (charei)

יוֹנִים (jvónim)
 dung

dove
Noun Noun
♂ pl. gen. masculine plural Construct state


Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 Ncmpc

Ncmpa
H9003
H2568
H9014
 בַּ (ba)
חֲמִשָּׁה (chamishah-)
־
in
five
link
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♀ sing. feminine singular Absolute state

 R
Ncfsa
H3701
H9016
 כָֽסֶף (khasef)
׃
silver
verseEnd
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncbsa

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