And after thatוְאַחֲרֵי כֵןthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםwent inבָּאוּto doלַעֲבֹדtheir serviceאֶת עֲבֹדָתָםin the tentבְּאֹהֶלof meetingמוֹעֵדbeforeלִפְנֵיAaronאַהֲרֹןand beforeוְלִפְנֵיhis sons;בָנָיוasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהMosesאֶת מֹשֶׁהconcerningעַלthe Levites,הַלְוִיִּםsoכֵּןthey didעָשׂוּto them.לָהֶם
Numbers 8:22
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Numbers 8:22, word by word
- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- went inבָּאוּbau
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bau” appears- to doעֲבֹדavod
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “avod” appears- their serviceעֲבֹדָתָavodata
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodata” appears- in the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed
meeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” 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- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- they didעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears
The context
21And the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron waved them as a wave offering before YHWH, and Aaron made expiation for them to cleanse them.
22 · This verse (above)
23And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,