Numbers 4:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar:”

Numbers 4:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 4:1221 words

וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

כְּלֵיkəlêPrepared

הַשָּׁרֵתhašārētThe service

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְשָׁרְתוּyəšārətûAttend

בָםvāmIn

בַּקֹּדֶשׁbaqōdešIn sacred

וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give

אֶלʾelNear

בֶּגֶדbegedCovering

תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel

וְכִסּוּwəḵisûAnd plump

אוֹתָםʾwōtām—

בְּמִכְסֵהbəmiḵəsēhIn covering

עוֹרʿwōrSkin

תָּחַשׁtāḥašAnimal with fur

וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give

עַלʿalAbove

הַמּוֹטhamwōṭThe wavering

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

כְּלֵיkəlêPrepared

הַשָּׁרֵתhašārētThe service

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְשָׁרְתוּyəšārətûAttend

בָםvāmIn

בַּקֹּדֶשׁbaqōdešIn sacred

וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give

אֶלʾelNear

בֶּגֶדbegedCovering

תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel

וְכִסּוּwəḵisûAnd plump

אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּמִכְסֵהbəmiḵəsēhIn covering

עוֹרʿwōrSkin

תָּחַשׁtāḥašAnimal with fur

וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give

עַלʿalAbove

הַמּוֹטhamwōṭThe wavering

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