“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 8:24
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
זֹ֖את אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַלְוִיִּ֑ם מִבֶּן֩ חָמֵ֨שׁ וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה יָבוֹא֙ לִצְבֹ֣א צָבָ֔א בַּעֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃
- זֹ֖אתzot“this”Particle, demonstrative · from זֹאת · “this” · Strong's H2063
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher“[is that] which”Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
- לַלְוִיִּ֑םlal.vi.Yim“[is] to the Levites”Preposition with article + Noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute · from לֵוִי · “Levi” · Strong's H3881
- מִבֶּן֩mi.Ben“from a son of”Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from בֵּן · “age” · Strong's H1121L
- חָמֵ֨שׁcha.Mesh“five”Adjective, cardinal number, both genders, singular, absolute · from חָמֵשׁ · “five” · Strong's H2568
- וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםve.'es.Rim“and twenty”Conjunction + Adjective, cardinal number, masculine, plural, absolute · from עֶשְׂרִים · “twenty” · Strong's H6242
- שָׁנָה֙sha.Nah“year[s]”Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from שָׁנָה · “year” · Strong's H8141
- וָמַ֔עְלָהva.Ma'.lah“and up -wards”Conjunction + Adjective, cardinal number, both genders, singular, absolute + Suffix, directional · from מַ֫עַל · “above” · Strong's H4605
- יָבוֹא֙ya.Vo'“he will go”Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from בּוֹא · “come” · Strong's H0935G
- לִצְבֹ֣אlitz.Vo'“to serve”Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from צָבָא · “to serve” · Strong's H6633
- צָבָ֔אtza.Va'“service”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from צָבָא · “duty” · Strong's H6635I
- בַּעֲבֹדַ֖תba.'a.vo.Dat“in [the] service of”Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from עֲבֹדָה · “ministry[for God” · Strong's H5656H
- אֹ֥הֶל'O.hel“[the] tent of”Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from אֹ֫הֶל · “tent” · Strong's H0168G
- מוֹעֵֽד׃mo.'Ed“meeting”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from מוֹעֵד · “meeting” · Strong's H4150I
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)