Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 18:23 Interlinear

shall do But the Levites the service of the tabernacle of the congregation and they shall bear their iniquity it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְעָבַ֨דH5647shall doto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
2הַלֵּוִ֜יH3881But the Levitesa levite or descendant of levi
3ה֗וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
4אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5עֲבֹדַת֙H5656the servicework of any kind
6אֹ֣הֶלH168of the tabernaclea tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
7מוֹעֵ֔דH4150of the congregationproperly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
8וְהֵ֖םH1992they (only used when emphatic)
9יִשְׂא֣וּH5375and they shall bearto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
10עֲוֹנָ֑םH5771their iniquityperversity, i.e., (moral) evil
11חֻקַּ֤תH2708it shall be a statutea statute
12עוֹלָם֙H5769for everproperly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
13לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םH1755throughout your generationsproperly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
14וּבְתוֹךְ֙H8432that amonga bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
15בְּנֵ֣יH1121the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
16יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
17לֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
18יִנְחֲל֖וּH5157they haveto inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
19נַֽחֲלָֽה׃H5159no inheritanceproperly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion

Verse Context

Numbers 18:22 come nigh henceforth Neither must the children of Israel ...
Numbers 18:23 (current)shall do But the Levites the service of the tabernacle of the congregation and they shall bear their iniquity it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance
Numbers 18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel ...

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