And you shall setוְהַעֲמַדְתָּthe Levitesאֶת הַלְוִיִּםbeforeלִפְנֵיAaronאַהֲרֹןand beforeוְלִפְנֵיhis sons,בָנָיוand waveוְהֵנַפְתָּthemאֹתָםas a wave offeringתְּנוּפָהto YHWH.לַיהוָה
Numbers 8:13
Study it in the app“And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and wave them as a wave offering to YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 8:13, word by word
- And you shall setהַעֲמַדְתָּhaamadta
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “haamadta” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- and waveהֵנַפְתָּhenafta
wave
To swing an offering before YHWH to present it.
Where else “henafta” appears- as a wave offeringתְּנוּפָהtenufa
wave offering
An offering waved before YHWH when presented.
Where else “tenufa” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears
The context
12And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to YHWH, to make expiation for the Levites.
13 · This verse (above)
14Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.