Numbers 18:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.”

Numbers 18:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 18:2422 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֶתʾet—

מַעְשַׂרmaʿəśarTenth

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָרִימוּyārîmûBe high

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

תְּרוּמָהtərûmāhPresent

נָתַתִּיnātatîGive

לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite

לְנַחֲלָהlənaḥălāhTo inherited

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

אָמַרְתִּיʾāmarətîSay

לָהֶםlāhemTo

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֹאlōʾNot

יִנְחֲלוּyinəḥălûInherit

נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מַעְשַׂרmaʿəśarTenth

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָרִימוּyārîmûBe high

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

תְּרוּמָהtərûmāhPresent

נָתַתִּיnātatîGive

לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite

לְנַחֲלָהlənaḥălāhTo inherited

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

אָמַרְתִּיʾāmarətîSay

לָהֶםlāhemTo

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֹאlōʾNot

יִנְחֲלוּyinəḥălûInherit

נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited

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