Numbers 18:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.”

Numbers 18:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 18:618 words

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

לָקַחְתִּיlāqaḥətîTake

אֶתʾet—

אֲחֵיכֶםʾăḥêḵemBrother

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

מַתָּנָהmatānāhPresent

נְתֻנִיםnətunîmGive

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

לַעֲבֹדlaʿăvōdTo work

אֶתʾet—

עֲבֹדַתʿăvōdatWork

אֹהֶלʾōhelTent

מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment

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

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