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Numbers 8:26 — King James Version← Study notes

But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.


Numbers 8:26Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 8:2614 words
וְשֵׁרֵתwəšērētAnd attend
אֶתʾet
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
בְּאֹהֶלbəʾōhelIn tent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
לִשְׁמֹרlišəmōrTo hedge
מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch
וַעֲבֹדָהwaʿăvōdāhAnd work
לֹאlōʾNot
יַעֲבֹדyaʿăvōdWork
כָּכָהkāḵāhJust so
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite
בְּמִשְׁמְרֹתָםbəmišəmərōtāmIn watch
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשֵׁרֵתwəšērētAnd attend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
בְּאֹהֶלbəʾōhelIn tent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
לִשְׁמֹרlišəmōrTo hedge
מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch
וַעֲבֹדָהwaʿăvōdāhAnd work
לֹאlōʾNot
יַעֲבֹדyaʿăvōdWork
כָּכָהkāḵāhJust so
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite
בְּמִשְׁמְרֹתָםbəmišəmərōtāmIn watch

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