Numbers 4:8

“And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and put in its poles.”

Numbers 4:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 4:8, word by word

And they shall spreadפָרְשׂוּfarsu

spread out

To open out hands, wings or cloth.

Where else “farsu” appears
a clothבֶּגֶדbeged

garment

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

Where else “beged” appears
of scarletתּוֹלַעַתtolaat

scarlet

Bright red dye from a worm, or thread of that color.

Where else “tolaat” appears
of scarletשָׁנִיshani

scarlet

Scarlet, crimson; thread dyed that color.

Where else “shani” appears
and coverכִסּוּchisu

cover

To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.

Where else “chisu” appears
with a coveringמִכְסֵהmichse

covering

Covering, roof.

Where else “michse” appears
of fineתָּחַשׁtachash

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 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

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.

8 · This verse (above)

9And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its trays, and all its vessels for oil with which they minister to it.

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