Ezra 1:10

Footnotes

1. 30 The meaning of the Hebrew term מִשְׁנִים (mishnim) is uncertain. The noun מִשְׁנֶה (mishneh) means “double, second” ( 1041 ), “what is doubled, two-fold” ( מִשְׁנֶה 3). The translations reflect a diversity of approaches: “410 silver bowls of a second kind” (, , margin), “410 other silver bowls” () and “410 matching silver bowls” (). 1041 משׁנה 3.a suggests it was originally a numeral that was garbled in the transmission process, as reflected in the : “two thousand” (so : “two thousand four hundred and ten bowls of silver”). The editor suggests revocalizing the term to מְשֻׁנִים (méshunim, “changed”).