And this isוְזֹאתthe chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתof their load,מַשָּׂאָםfor allלְכָלtheir serviceעֲבֹדָתָםin the tentבְּאֹהֶלof meeting:מוֹעֵדthe framesקַרְשֵׁיof the dwelling,הַמִּשְׁכָּןand its bars,וּבְרִיחָיוand its pillars,וְעַמּוּדָיוand its bases,וַאֲדָנָיו
Numbers 4:31
Study it in the app“And this is the charge of their load, for all their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the dwelling, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:31, word by word
- the chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmeret
charge
What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.
Where else “mishmeret” appears- of their loadמַשָּׂאָmasaa
burden
A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.
Where else “masaa” appears- their serviceעֲבֹדָתָavodata
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodata” 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- the framesקַרְשֵׁיkarshe
board, frame
Board, plank; it may also be a wooden frame. Once it is the deck of a ship (Ezekiel 27:6).
Where else “karshe” appears- of the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan
dwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appears- and its barsבְרִיחָיverichay
crossbar
A long beam that holds boards together.
Where else “verichay” appears- and its pillarsעַמּוּדָיamuday
pillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amuday” appears- and its basesאֲדָנָיadanay
base
Base, pedestal on which a board or a pillar rests; also the foundations of the earth (Job 38:6).
Where else “adanay” appears
The context
30from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall count them, everyone who enters the ranks to do the service of the tent of meeting.
31 · This verse (above)
32and the pillars of the court all around, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords, with all their utensils and with all their service; and by names you shall assign the utensils of the charge of their load.