מָאתַ֥יִם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מָאתַ֥יִם

   ma-TA-yim

   two hundred
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים

   ma-TA-yim she-ka-LIM

   two hundred shekels
3. clause🔊 וְשָׁקַל֙ אֶת־שְׂעַ֣ר רֹאשׁ֔וֹ מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים בְּאֶ֥בֶן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

   ve-sha-KAL et-se-AR ro-SHO ma-TA-yim she-ka-LIM be-E-ven ha-ME-lekh

   and he weighed the hair of his head two hundred shekels by a stone of the king
4. sentence🔊 וּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ֮ אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֒ וְֽ֠הָיָה מִקֵּ֨ץ יָמִ֤ים לַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְגַלֵּ֔חַ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד עָלָ֖יו וְגִלְּח֑וֹ וְשָׁקַל֙ אֶת־שְׂעַ֣ר רֹאשׁ֔וֹ מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים בְּאֶ֥בֶן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

   u-ve-gal-KHO et-RO-sho ve-ha-YA mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh ki-kha-VED a-LA-v ve-gil-KHO ve-sha-KAL et-se-AR ro-SHO ma-TA-yim she-ka-LIM be-E-ven ha-ME-lekh

   and when he cut his hair the head of him and it was from the end of days to the days which he would cut hair for it was heavy upon him and he cut it and he weighed the hair of his head two hundred shekels by a stone of the king

Exegesis

Finally, the construct phrase mā-ṭā-yim še-qā-lîm {מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים | mā-ṭā-yim še-qā-lîm} ‘two hundred shekels’ followed by bə-ʾe-ḇen ham-mé-leḵ {בְּאֶ֥בֶן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ | bə-ʾe-ḇen ham-mé-leḵ} ‘by the king’s stone’ completes the quantitative report.