Numbers 17:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been brought by those who were burned, and they were hammered into a covering for the altar.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶלְעָזָ֣ר הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֵ֚ת מַחְתּ֣וֹת הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִקְרִ֖יבוּ הַשְּׂרֻפִ֑ים וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם צִפּ֥וּי לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

Transliteration

And wayyiqqaḥ ʾElʿāzār the kōhēn ʾēt maḥtôt the nəḥōšet which hiqrîbû the śərûpîm and wayəraqəʿûm ṣippûy for-the-mizbēaḥ

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqqaḥ*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he took
• *ʾElʿāzār*: proper noun - Eleazar
• *kōhēn*: noun, masculine singular - priest
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *maḥtôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - censers of
• *nəḥōšet*: noun, feminine singular - bronze/copper
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *hiqrîbû*: hiphil perfect, 3rd common plural - they offered/brought near
• *śərûpîm*: qal passive participle, masculine plural - the burned ones
• *wayəraqəʿûm*: piel imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they hammered them
• *ṣippûy*: noun, masculine singular construct - covering for
• *mizbēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - altar

Word Meanings

• *nəḥōšet*: bronze/copper/brass
• *śərûpîm*: burned ones/those who were burned/consumed ones
• *wayəraqəʿûm*: hammered them out/beat them flat/flattened them

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And you shall lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And put the in the tabernacle of witnesse where I wyll mete you.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And laye the in the Tabernacle of witnesse, before the witnesse where I testifie vnto you.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before the Arke of the Testimonie, where I wil declare my selfe to you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And put them in the tabernacle of the congregation, before the arke of the testimonie, where I wyll declare my selfe vnto you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast placed them in the tent of meeting, before the testimony, where I meet with you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must place them in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant where I meet with you.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:16-22 : 16 Place inside the ark the testimony that I will give you. 17 Make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. 18 Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub at one end and the other cherub at the other end. Make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. 20 The cherubim shall have their wings outstretched upward, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. Their faces shall be toward each other, looking toward the mercy seat. 21 Place the mercy seat on top of the ark, and put into the ark the testimony that I will give you. 22 I will meet with you there and speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, about everything I will command you regarding the Israelites.
• Exod 29:42-43 : 42 This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, where I will meet you to speak with you. 43 There I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by My glory.
• Exod 30:6 : 6 You shall place it in front of the veil that is before the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
• Exod 30:36 : 36 Grind some of it into powder and place it in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
• Num 17:7 : 7 When the assembly gathered against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting, and there the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.