When the campהַמַּחֲנֶהsets out,בִּנְסֹעַAaronאַהֲרֹןand his sonsוּבָנָיוshall go inוּבָאand take downוְהוֹרִדוּthe veilאֵת פָּרֹכֶתthat screens,הַמָּסָךְand coverוְכִסּוּwith itבָהּthe arkאֵת אֲרֹןof the testimony.הָעֵדֻת
Numbers 4:5
Study it in the app“When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil that screens, and cover with it the ark of the testimony.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:5, word by word
- When the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- sets outנְסֹעַnesoa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nesoa” appears- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- shall go inבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- and take downהוֹרִדוּhoridu
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horidu” appears- the veilפָּרֹכֶתparochet
veil
The veil: the curtain that separated the most holy place from the rest of the dwelling.
Where else “parochet” appears- that screensמָּסָךְmasach
screen
Screen: a hanging that covers an entrance, such as those of the dwelling and its courtyard; also any covering.
Where else “masach” appears- and coverכִסּוּchisu
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “chisu” appears- the arkאֲרֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- of the testimonyעֵדֻתedut
testimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edut” appears
The context
4This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.
5 · This verse (above)
6And they shall put on it a covering of fine leather, and spread over it a cloth entirely of blue, and put in its poles.