Numbers 4:24

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{ "verseID": "Numbers.4.24", "source": "זֹ֣את עֲבֹדַ֔ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑י לַעֲבֹ֖ד וּלְמַשָּֽׂא׃", "text": "This [is] *ʿăbōdat* *mišpəḥōt* the *Gēršunnî* for *laʿăbōd* and for *maśśāʾ*.", "grammar": { "*ʿăbōdat*": "noun, feminine singular, construct state - service/work of", "*mišpəḥōt*": "noun, feminine plural, construct state - families/clans of", "*Gēršunnî*": "adjective, masculine singular - Gershonite", "*laʿăbōd*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to serve/work", "*maśśāʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - burden/load/carrying" }, "variants": { "*ʿăbōdat*": "service/work/labor/duty of", "*mišpəḥōt*": "families/clans", "*laʿăbōd*": "serving/working/laboring", "*maśśāʾ*": "burden/load/carrying/transporting" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֹ֣את עֲבֹדַ֔ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑י לַעֲבֹ֖ד וּלְמַשָּֽׂא׃

Transliteration

This [is] ʿăbōdat mišpəḥōt the Gēršunnî for laʿăbōd and for maśśāʾ.

Grammar Details

• *ʿăbōdat*: noun, feminine singular, construct state - service/work of
• *mišpəḥōt*: noun, feminine plural, construct state - families/clans of
• *Gēršunnî*: adjective, masculine singular - Gershonite
• *laʿăbōd*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to serve/work
• *maśśāʾ*: noun, masculine singular - burden/load/carrying

Word Meanings

• *ʿăbōdat*: service/work/labor/duty of
• *mišpəḥōt*: families/clans
• *laʿăbōd*: serving/working/laboring
• *maśśāʾ*: burden/load/carrying/transporting

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This is the service of the Gershonite clans: working and carrying burdens.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve and bear burdens:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the Gersonites to serue and to beare.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  This shalbe the office of the kynred of the Gersonites, eue to serue & to beare.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  This shall be the seruice of the families of the Gershonites, to serue and to beare.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And this is the seruice of the kinred of the Gersonites, to serue and to beare.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  This [is] the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `This `is' the service of the families of the Gershonite, to serve -- and for burden,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is to be the work of the Gershonites, the things they are to do and take up.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve and carry it.

Referenced Verses

• Num 4:15 : 15 { "verseID": "Numbers.4.15", "source": "וְכִלָּ֣ה אַֽהֲרֹן־וּ֠בָנָיו לְכַסֹּ֨ת אֶת־הַקֹּ֜דֶשׁ וְאֶת־כָּל־כְּלֵ֣י הַקֹּדֶשׁ֮ בִּנְסֹ֣עַ הֽ͏ַמַּחֲנֶה֒ וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן יָבֹ֤אוּ בְנֵי־קְהָת֙ לָשֵׂ֔את וְלֹֽא־יִגְּע֥וּ אֶל־הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ וָמֵ֑תוּ אֵ֛לֶּה מַשָּׂ֥א בְנֵֽי־קְהָ֖ת בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃", "text": "And *wəḵillāh* *ʾAhărōn-ûḇānāyw* to *ləḵassōṯ* *ʾeṯ-haqqōḏeš* and *wəʾeṯ-kāl-kəlê* the *haqqōḏeš* at *binsōaʿ* the *hammaḥăneh* and *wəʾaḥărê-ḵēn* *yāḇōʾû* *ḇənê-Qəhāṯ* to *lāśēʾṯ* and *wəlōʾ-yiggəʿû* unto *ʾel-haqqōḏeš* and *wāmēṯû*. These *ʾēlleh* *maśśāʾ* *ḇənê-Qəhāṯ* in *bəʾōhel* *môʿēḏ*.", "grammar": { "*wəḵillāh*": "conjunction + Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and when finish'", "*ʾAhărōn-ûḇānāyw*": "proper noun + conjunction + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'Aaron and his sons'", "*ləḵassōṯ*": "preposition + Piel infinitive construct - 'to cover'", "*haqqōḏeš*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - 'the sanctuary'", "*kəlê*": "masculine plural construct noun - 'vessels of'", "*binsōaʿ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - 'when setting out'", "*hammaḥăneh*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - 'the camp'", "*wəʾaḥărê-ḵēn*": "conjunction + preposition + adverb - 'and after that'", "*yāḇōʾû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they shall come'", "*ḇənê-Qəhāṯ*": "masculine plural construct noun + proper noun - 'sons of Kohath'", "*lāśēʾṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - 'to bear/carry'", "*wəlōʾ-yiggəʿû*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'and they shall not touch'", "*ʾel-haqqōḏeš*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - 'unto the holy things'", "*wāmēṯû*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd common plural - 'and die'", "*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun - 'these'", "*maśśāʾ*": "masculine singular construct noun - 'burden of'", "*bəʾōhel*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - 'in tent of'", "*môʿēḏ*": "masculine singular noun - 'meeting/appointed time'" }, "variants": { "*wəḵillāh*": "when finished, when completed", "*ləḵassōṯ*": "to cover, to conceal, to clothe", "*lāśēʾṯ*": "to carry, to bear, to lift", "*wāmēṯû*": "and they will die, lest they die", "*maśśāʾ*": "burden, load, bearing" } }
• Num 4:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Numbers.4.19", "source": "וְזֹ֣את ׀ עֲשׂ֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם וְחָיוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יָמֻ֔תוּ בְּגִשְׁתָּ֖ם אֶת־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים אַהֲרֹ֤ן וּבָנָיו֙ יָבֹ֔אוּ וְשָׂמ֣וּ אוֹתָ֗ם אִ֥ישׁ אִ֛ישׁ עַל־עֲבֹדָת֖וֹ וְאֶל־מַשָּׂאֽוֹ׃", "text": "And *zōʾt* *ʿăśû* to them and they shall *ḥāyû* and not *yāmutû* in their *gištām* [to] *qōdeš* the *qŏdāšîm*: *ʾAhărōn* and *bānāyw* shall *yābōʾû* and shall *śāmû* them, *ʾîš* *ʾîš* upon his *ʿăbōdātô* and to his *maśśāʾô*.", "grammar": { "*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*ʿăśû*": "Qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - do/make", "*ḥāyû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they will live", "*yāmutû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will die", "*gištām*": "Qal infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their approaching", "*qōdeš*": "noun, masculine singular, construct state - holy place of", "*qŏdāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - holy things/most holy place", "*ʾAhărōn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron", "*bānāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sons", "*yābōʾû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they shall come/enter", "*śāmû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they will place/set", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - each man", "*ʿăbōdātô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his service/work", "*maśśāʾô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his burden/load" }, "variants": { "*ʿăśû*": "do/make/perform/prepare", "*ḥāyû*": "live/survive/remain alive", "*yāmutû*": "die/perish", "*gištām*": "their approaching/drawing near/coming", "*qōdeš*": "holiness/sanctuary/holy place", "*qŏdāšîm*": "most holy things/most holy place", "*yābōʾû*": "enter/come/go in", "*śāmû*": "place/set/appoint/establish", "*ʾîš*": "man/each one/each person", "*ʿăbōdātô*": "his service/work/labor/ministry", "*maśśāʾô*": "his burden/load/carrying/lifting" } }
• Num 4:27 : 27 { "verseID": "Numbers.4.27", "source": "עַל־פִּי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן וּבָנָ֜יו תִּהְיֶ֗ה כָּל־עֲבֹדַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֔י לְכָל־מַשָּׂאָ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם וּפְקַדְתֶּ֤ם עֲלֵהֶם֙ בְּמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת אֵ֖ת כָּל־מַשָּׂאָֽם׃", "text": "Upon *pî* *ʾAhărōn* and *bānāyw* *tihyeh* all *ʿăbōdat* *bənê* the *Gēršunnî*, for all their *maśśāʾām* and for all their *ʿăbōdātām*; and *pəqadtem* upon them in *mišmeret* all their *maśśāʾām*.", "grammar": { "*pî*": "noun, masculine singular, construct state - mouth/command of", "*ʾAhărōn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron", "*bānāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sons", "*tihyeh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it shall be", "*ʿăbōdat*": "noun, feminine singular, construct state - service/work of", "*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural, construct state - sons of", "*Gēršunnî*": "adjective, masculine singular - Gershonite", "*maśśāʾām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their burden", "*ʿăbōdātām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their service", "*pəqadtem*": "Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will appoint/assign", "*mišmeret*": "noun, feminine singular - charge/watch/duty" }, "variants": { "*pî*": "mouth/word/command/direction", "*tihyeh*": "it shall be/it will be/shall come to pass", "*ʿăbōdat*": "service/work/labor/duty", "*maśśāʾām*": "their burden/load/carrying", "*ʿăbōdātām*": "their service/work/labor", "*pəqadtem*": "you shall appoint/assign/charge/entrust", "*mišmeret*": "charge/duty/watch/guard" } }
• Num 4:31-32 : 31 { "verseID": "Numbers.4.31", "source": "וְזֹאת֙ מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת מַשָּׂאָ֔ם לְכָל־עֲבֹדָתָ֖ם בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד קַרְשֵׁי֙ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן וּבְרִיחָ֖יו וְעַמּוּדָ֥יו וַאֲדָנָֽיו׃", "text": "And this [is] *mišmeret* *maśśāʾām* for all their *ʿăbōdātām* in *ʾōhel* *môʿēd*: *qaršê* the *miškān* and its *bərîḥāyw* and its *ʿammûdāyw* and its *ʾădānāyw*.", "grammar": { "*mišmeret*": "noun, feminine singular, construct state - charge/duty of", "*maśśāʾām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their burden", "*ʿăbōdātām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their service", "*ʾōhel*": "noun, masculine singular, construct state - tent of", "*môʿēd*": "noun, masculine singular - meeting/appointed time", "*qaršê*": "noun, masculine plural, construct state - boards/frames of", "*miškān*": "noun, masculine singular - tabernacle/dwelling place", "*bərîḥāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its bars", "*ʿammûdāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its pillars", "*ʾădānāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its sockets" }, "variants": { "*mišmeret*": "charge/duty/responsibility/obligation", "*maśśāʾām*": "their burden/load/carrying", "*ʿăbōdātām*": "their service/work/labor", "*ʾōhel*": "tent/tabernacle", "*môʿēd*": "meeting/appointed time/assembly", "*qaršê*": "boards/frames/planks", "*miškān*": "tabernacle/dwelling place/habitation", "*bərîḥāyw*": "its bars/its crossbars", "*ʿammûdāyw*": "its pillars/columns/posts", "*ʾădānāyw*": "its sockets/bases/pedestals" } } 32 { "verseID": "Numbers.4.32", "source": "וְעַמּוּדֵי֩ הֶחָצֵ֨ר סָבִ֜יב וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֗ם וִֽיתֵדֹתָם֙ וּמֵ֣יתְרֵיהֶ֔ם לְכָל־כְּלֵיהֶ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם וּבְשֵׁמֹ֣ת תִּפְקְד֔וּ אֶת־כְּלֵ֖י מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת מַשָּׂאָֽם׃", "text": "And *ʿammûdê* the *ḥāṣēr* *sābîb* and their *ʾadnêhem* and their *yətēdōtām* and their *mêtrêhem*, for all their *kəlêhem* and for all their *ʿăbōdātām*; and by *šēmōt* *tifqədû* [the] *kəlê* *mišmeret* *maśśāʾām*.", "grammar": { "*ʿammûdê*": "noun, masculine plural, construct state - pillars of", "*ḥāṣēr*": "noun, masculine singular - court/courtyard", "*sābîb*": "adverb - around/surrounding", "*ʾadnêhem*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sockets", "*yətēdōtām*": "noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their pegs", "*mêtrêhem*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their cords", "*kəlêhem*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their vessels", "*ʿăbōdātām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their service", "*šēmōt*": "noun, masculine plural - names", "*tifqədû*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall number/assign", "*kəlê*": "noun, masculine plural, construct state - vessels/instruments of", "*mišmeret*": "noun, feminine singular, construct state - charge/duty of", "*maśśāʾām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their burden" }, "variants": { "*ʿammûdê*": "pillars/columns/posts", "*ḥāṣēr*": "court/courtyard/enclosure", "*sābîb*": "around/surrounding/on all sides", "*ʾadnêhem*": "their sockets/bases/pedestals", "*yətēdōtām*": "their pegs/stakes/tent pins", "*mêtrêhem*": "their cords/ropes/tent lines", "*kəlêhem*": "their vessels/implements/utensils/equipment", "*ʿăbōdātām*": "their service/work/labor", "*šēmōt*": "names/designations/list", "*tifqədû*": "you shall number/assign/appoint/inventory", "*kəlê*": "vessels/implements/utensils/equipment", "*mišmeret*": "charge/duty/responsibility/obligation", "*maśśāʾām*": "their burden/load/carrying" } }
• Num 4:47 : 47 { "verseID": "Numbers.4.47", "source": "מִבֶּ֨ן שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה וְעַ֖ד בֶּן־חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה כָּל־הַבָּ֗א לַעֲבֹ֨ד עֲבֹדַ֧ת עֲבֹדָ֛ה וַעֲבֹדַ֥ת מַשָּׂ֖א בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃", "text": "From *ben* thirty *šānāh* *wā*-*maʿlāh* *wə*-unto *ben*-fifty *šānāh*, all *habbā* to *ʿăḇōḏ* *ʿăḇōḏaṯ* *ʿăḇōḏāh* *wa*-*ʿăḇōḏaṯ* *maśśā* in *ʾōhel* *môʿēḏ*.", "grammar": { "מִבֶּ֨ן": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from son of/from age of", "שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים": "cardinal number - thirty", "*šānāh*": "noun, feminine singular - year", "*wā*-*maʿlāh*": "conjunction + adverb - and upward", "*wə*-עַ֖ד": "conjunction + preposition - and until", "*ben*-חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים": "noun, masculine singular construct + cardinal number - son of/age of fifty", "*šānāh*": "noun, feminine singular - year", "כָּל־*habbā*": "construct + definite article + participle, qal active masculine singular - all the one(s) entering", "לַעֲבֹ֨ד": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to serve/work", "*ʿăḇōḏaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - service/work of", "*ʿăḇōḏāh*": "noun, feminine singular - service/work", "*wa*-*ʿăḇōḏaṯ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - and service of", "*maśśā*": "noun, masculine singular - burden/load", "בְּאֹ֥הֶל": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in tent of", "*môʿēḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - meeting/appointed time" }, "variants": { "*ben*": "son/age", "*wā*-*maʿlāh*": "and upward/above", "*habbā*": "the one entering/coming/joining", "*ʿăḇōḏ*": "to serve/to work/to minister", "*ʿăḇōḏaṯ ʿăḇōḏāh*": "service of work/work of service/labor of ministry", "*ʿăḇōḏaṯ maśśā*": "service of burden/work of carrying/labor of load-bearing", "*ʾōhel môʿēḏ*": "tent of meeting/tabernacle" } }
• Num 4:49 : 49 { "verseID": "Numbers.4.49", "source": "עַל־פִּ֨י יְהוָ֜ה פָּקַ֤ד אוֹתָם֙ בְּיַד מֹשֶׁ֔ה אִ֥ישׁ אִ֛ישׁ עַל־עֲבֹדָת֖וֹ וְעַל־מַשָּׂא֑וֹ וּפְקֻדָ֕יו אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃", "text": "Upon *pî* *YHWH* *pāqaḏ* them in *yaḏ* *mōšeh*, *ʾîš* *ʾîš* upon *ʿăḇōḏāṯô* *wə*-upon *maśśāʾô* *û*-*pəqûḏāyw* *ʾăšer*-commanded *YHWH* *ʾeṯ*-*mōšeh*.", "grammar": { "עַל־*pî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - upon mouth of/according to word of", "*YHWH*": "proper name", "*pāqaḏ*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - counted/mustered/appointed", "אוֹתָם֙": "direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural pronoun - them", "בְּיַד": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - by hand of/through", "*mōšeh*": "proper name", "*ʾîš* *ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular (repeated) - man by man/each one", "עַל־*ʿăḇōḏāṯô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - upon his service/work", "*wə*-עַל־*maśśāʾô*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - and upon his burden", "*û*-*pəqûḏāyw*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - and his numbered ones/his census", "*ʾăšer*-צִוָּ֥ה": "relative pronoun + verb, piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - which commanded", "*YHWH*": "proper name", "*ʾeṯ*-*mōšeh*": "direct object marker + proper name - Moses" }, "variants": { "*pî*": "mouth/word/command", "*pāqaḏ*": "counted/mustered/appointed/visited", "*yaḏ*": "hand/through/by means of", "*ʾîš ʾîš*": "man by man/each one/every person individually", "*ʿăḇōḏāṯô*": "his service/work/ministry", "*maśśāʾô*": "his burden/load/carrying assignment", "*pəqûḏāyw*": "his numbered ones/his counted ones/those registered to him" } }