Andוְto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Levi,לֵוִיlook,הִנֵּהI have givenנָתַתִּיeveryכָּלtitheמַעֲשֵׂרin Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵלas an inheritance,לְנַחֲלָהin return forחֵלֶףtheir serviceעֲבֹדָתָםthatאֲשֶׁרtheyהֵםdo,עֹבְדִיםthe serviceאֶת עֲבֹדַתof the tentאֹהֶלof meeting.מוֹעֵד
Numbers 18:21
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 18:21, word by word
- to the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Leviלֵוִיlevi
Levi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appears- I have givenנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- titheמַעֲשֵׂרmaaser
tithe
Tithe: a tenth of something.
Where else “maaser” appears- in 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- as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- in return forחֵלֶףchelef
in exchange for
In exchange for, in return for.
Where else “chelef” appears- their serviceעֲבֹדָתָavodata
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodata” appears- doעֹבְדִיםovdim
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “ovdim” appears- of the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed
meeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appears
The context
20And 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.
21 · This verse (above)
22And the sons of Israel shall no longer come near to the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die.