Verse 18

{ "verseID": "Numbers.17.18", "source": "וְאֵת֙ שֵׁ֣ם אַהֲרֹ֔ן תִּכְתֹּ֖ב עַל־מַטֵּ֣ה לֵוִ֑י כִּ֚י מַטֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד לְרֹ֖אשׁ בֵּ֥ית אֲבוֹתָֽם׃", "text": "And-*ʾēt* *šēm* *ʾAharōn* *tiktōb* on-*maṭṭēh* *Lēwî* because *maṭṭeh* *ʾeḥād* for-*rōʾš* *bêt* *ʾăbôtām*", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾēt*": "direct object marker", "*šēm*": "noun, masculine singular construct - name of", "*ʾAharōn*": "proper noun - Aaron", "*tiktōb*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall write", "*ʿal*": "preposition - on", "*maṭṭēh*": "noun, masculine singular construct - staff of", "*Lēwî*": "proper noun - Levi", "*kî*": "conjunction - because/for", "*maṭṭeh*": "noun, masculine singular - staff/rod", "*ʾeḥād*": "numeral, masculine singular - one", "*lə-rōʾš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - for head of", "*bêt*": "noun, masculine singular construct - house of", "*ʾăbôtām*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers" }, "variants": { "*tiktōb*": "write/inscribe/record", "*maṭṭeh*": "staff/rod/tribe", "*rōʾš*": "head/chief/leader", "*bêt ʾăbôtām*": "house of their fathers/their ancestral house/their paternal family" } }

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