And you shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵהֶם‘When you set apartבַּהֲרִימְכֶםthe best of itאֶת חֶלְבּוֹfrom it,מִמֶּנּוּthen it shall be countedוְנֶחְשַׁבto the Levitesלַלְוִיִּםas the produceכִּתְבוּאַתof the threshing floorגֹּרֶןandוְas the produceכִתְבוּאַתof the winepress.יָקֶב
Numbers 18:30
Study it in the app“And you shall say to them, ‘When you set apart the best of it from it, then it shall be counted to the Levites as the produce of the threshing floor and as the produce of the winepress.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 18:30, word by word
- And you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- ‘When you set apartהֲרִימְharim
set apart
To lift and set apart a share, the contribution for the sanctuary or for God.
Where else “harim” appears- the best of itחֶלְבּchelb
best
The richest, choicest part of something.
Where else “chelb” appears- then it shall be countedנֶחְשַׁבnechshav
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “nechshav” appears- to the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- as the produceתְבוּאַתtevuat
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuat” appears- of the threshing floorגֹּרֶןgoren
threshing floor
Threshing floor: flat ground where grain is threshed; also any open, level place.
Where else “goren” appears- of the winepressיָקֶבyakev
winepress
Winepress: the place where grapes are trodden and the juice is collected.
Where else “yakev” appears
The context
29From all your gifts you shall set apart every contribution for YHWH, from all the best of it, the holy part of it from it.
30 · This verse (above)
31And you may eat it in every place, you and your households, for it is your wages in return for your service in the tent of meeting.