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“Do notאַלcut offתַּכְרִיתוּthe tribeאֶת שֵׁבֶטof the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof the Kohathitesהַקְּהָתִיfrom amongמִתּוֹךְthe Levites.הַלְוִיִּם
Numbers 4:18
Study it in the app““Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:18, word by word
- cut offתַּכְרִיתוּtachritu
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “tachritu” appears- the tribeשֵׁבֶטshevet
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appears- of the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the Kohathitesקְּהָתִיkehati
Kohathite
Kohathite: a descendant of Kohath, son of Levi.
Where else “kehati” appears- from amongתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears
The context
17And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
18 · This verse (above)
19But do this for them, so that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign them, each man to his service and to his load.