Numbers 4:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:”

Numbers 4:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 4:921 words

וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take

בֶּגֶדbegedCovering

תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel

וְכִסּוּwəḵisûAnd plump

אֶתʾet—

מְנֹרַתmənōratChandelier

הַמָּאוֹרhamāʾwōrThe luminous

וְאֶתwəʾet—

נֵרֹתֶיהָnērōteyhāLamp

וְאֶתwəʾet—

מַלְקָחֶיהָmaləqāḥeyhāTweezers

וְאֶתwəʾet—

מַחְתֹּתֶיהָmaḥətōteyhāPan

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

כְּלֵיkəlêPrepared

שַׁמְנָהּšamənāhGrease

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְשָׁרְתוּyəšārətûAttend

לָהּlāhTo

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take

בֶּגֶדbegedCovering

תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel

וְכִסּוּwəḵisûAnd plump

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מְנֹרַתmənōratChandelier

הַמָּאוֹרhamāʾwōrThe luminous

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נֵרֹתֶיהָnērōteyhāLamp

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מַלְקָחֶיהָmaləqāḥeyhāTweezers

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מַחְתֹּתֶיהָmaḥətōteyhāPan

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

כְּלֵיkəlêPrepared

שַׁמְנָהּšamənāhGrease

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יְשָׁרְתוּyəšārətûAttend

לָהּlāhTo

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

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