Numbers 8:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.”

Numbers 8:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 8:2020 words

וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

עֲדַתʿădatAssemblage

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite

כְּכֹלkəḵōlLike whole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite

כֵּןkēnSet upright

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

לָהֶםlāhemTo

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

עֲדַתʿădatAssemblage

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite

כְּכֹלkəḵōlLike whole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite

כֵּןkēnSet upright

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

לָהֶםlāhemTo

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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