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This isזֹאתthe serviceעֲבֹדַתof the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Merari,מְרָרִיfor allלְכָלtheir serviceעֲבֹדָתָםin the tentבְּאֹהֶלof meeting,מוֹעֵדunder the directionבְּיַדof Ithamarאִיתָמָרsonבֶּןof Aaronאַהֲרֹןthe priest.”הַכֹּהֵן
Numbers 4:33
Study it in the app“This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, for all their service in the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:33, word by word
- the serviceעֲבֹדַתavodat
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appears- of the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Merariמְרָרִיmerari
Merari
Merari, a son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “merari” 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- under the directionיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of Ithamarאִיתָמָרitamar
Ithamar
Ithamar: the youngest son of Aaron.
Where else “itamar” appears- of Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears
The context
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.
33 · This verse (above)
34So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the community counted the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ houses,