And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAaron,אַהֲרֹן“In their landבְּאַרְצָםyou shall notלֹאhave an inheritance,תִנְחָלandוְyou shall haveיִהְיֶה לְךָnoלֹאportionחֵלֶקamong them;בְּתוֹכָםI amאֲנִיyour portionחֶלְקְךָand your inheritanceוְנַחֲלָתְךָamongבְּתוֹךְthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 18:20
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Aaron, “In their land you shall not have an inheritance, and you shall have no portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 18:20, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- “In their landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- have an inheritanceתִנְחָלtinchal
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “tinchal” appears- you shall haveיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- portionחֵלֶקchelek
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelek” appears- among themתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears- and your inheritanceנַחֲלָתְnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
19All the contributions of the holy things that the sons of Israel set apart for YHWH I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you as a perpetual due. It is a covenant of salt forever before YHWH for you and for your offspring with you.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And to the sons of Levi, look, I have given every tithe in Israel as an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, the service of the tent of meeting.