“This isזֹאתwhatאֲשֶׁרapplies to the Levites:לַלְוִיִּםfrom twenty-fiveמִבֶּן חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִיםyears oldשָׁנָהand upwardוָמַעְלָהone shall enterיָבוֹאto serveלִצְבֹאin the ranksצָבָאin the serviceבַּעֲבֹדַתof the tentאֹהֶלof meeting.מוֹעֵד
Numbers 8:24
Study it in the app““This is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward one shall enter to serve in the ranks in the service of the tent of meeting.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 8:24, word by word
- applies to the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- from twenty-fiveבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- from twenty-fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- from twenty-fiveעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- years oldשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- and upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- one shall enterיָבוֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- to serveצְבֹאtsevo
serve
To work at the tent of meeting.
Where else “tsevo” appears- in the ranksצָבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears- in the serviceעֲבֹדַתavodat
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appears- of 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
The context
23And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
24 · This verse (above)
25And from the age of fifty years he shall withdraw from the ranks of the service and serve no more.