And they shall putוְנָתְנוּon itעָלָיוa coveringכְּסוּיof fineתַּחַשׁleather,עוֹרand spreadוּפָרְשׂוּover itמִלְמָעְלָהa clothבֶגֶדentirelyכְּלִילof blue,תְּכֵלֶתand put inוְשָׂמוּits poles.בַּדָּיו
Numbers 4:6
Study it in the app“And they shall put on it a covering of fine leather, and spread over it a cloth entirely of blue, and put in its poles.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 4:6, word by word
- And they shall putנָתְנוּnatnu
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natnu” appears- a coveringכְּסוּיkesuy
covering
Covering: what is put over something to cover it.
Where else “kesuy” appears- of fineתַּחַשׁtachash
tachash (fine leather)
Tachash: a kind of leather or skin, and perhaps the animal that gave it; it was used for coverings.
Where else “tachash” appears- leatherעוֹרor
skin, leather
Skin, hide; leather.
Where else “or” appears- and spreadפָרְשׂוּfarsu
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “farsu” appears- over itמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- a clothבֶגֶדveged
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “veged” appears- entirelyכְּלִילkelil
whole
Complete, with nothing lacking and nothing left over.
Where else “kelil” appears- of blueתְּכֵלֶתtechelet
violet-blue
Thread or cloth dyed violet-blue, a very costly dye.
Where else “techelet” appears- and put inשָׂמוּsamu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samu” appears- its polesבַּדָּיbaday
pole
Another word spelled the same: a carrying pole.
Where else “baday” appears
The context
5When 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7And over the table of the Presence they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put on it the plates, and the spoons, and the bowls, and the jars for the libation; and the continual bread shall be on it.