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from thirtyמִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁיםyearsשָׁנָהold and upwardוָמַעְלָהtoוְעַדfiftyבֶּן חֲמִשִּׁיםyears old,שָׁנָהeveryoneכָּלwho entersבָּאthe ranksלַצָּבָאto doלַעֲשׂוֹתworkמְלָאכָהin the tentבְּאֹהֶלof meeting.מוֹעֵד
Numbers 4:3
Study it in the app“from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who enters the ranks to do work in the tent of meeting.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:3, word by word
- from thirtyבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- from thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- old and upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- who entersבָּאba
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appears- the ranksצָּבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- workמְלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears- in 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
Translation note
“The ranks” renders the word that elsewhere is “army”: the service of the Levites is organized like an army. Here those from thirty to fifty years old are counted, those who carried the dwelling; in 8:24 they begin to serve at twenty-five.
The context
2“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,
3 · This verse (above)
4This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.