Numbers 4:6

“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.”

Numbers 4:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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of fineתַּחַשׁtachash

tachash (fine leather)

Tachash: a kind of leather or skin, and perhaps the animal that gave it; it was used for coverings.

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leatherעוֹרor

skin, leather

Skin, hide; leather.

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and spreadפָרְשׂוּfarsu

spread out

To open out hands, wings or cloth.

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over itמָעְלָmala

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

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a clothבֶגֶדveged

garment

A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.

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entirelyכְּלִילkelil

whole

Complete, with nothing lacking and nothing left over.

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of blueתְּכֵלֶתtechelet

violet-blue

Thread or cloth dyed violet-blue, a very costly dye.

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and put inשָׂמוּsamu

put

To put something somewhere.

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its polesבַּדָּיbaday

pole

Another word spelled the same: a carrying pole.

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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.

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