The Meaning of Numbers 18:10 Explained

Numbers 18:10

KJV: In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

YLT: in the holy of holies thou dost eat it; every male doth eat it; holy it is to thee.

Darby: As most holy shalt thou eat it: every male shall eat it; it shall be holy unto thee.

ASV: As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof; every male shall eat thereof: it shall be holy unto thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In the most  holy  [place] shalt thou eat  it; every male  shall eat  it: it shall be holy  unto thee. 

What does Numbers 18:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 18

1  The charge of the priests and Levites
8  The priests, portion
21  The Levites,
25  The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites' portion

What do the individual words in Numbers 18:10 mean?

In a most holy [place] you shall eat it every male shall eat it holy it shall be to you
בְּקֹ֥דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ כָּל־ זָכָר֙ יֹאכַ֣ל אֹת֔וֹ קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה־ לָּֽךְ

בְּקֹ֥דֶשׁ  In  a 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים  most  holy  [place] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ  you  shall  eat  it 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
כָּל־  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
זָכָר֙  male 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָכָר  
Sense: male (of humans and animals) adj.
יֹאכַ֣ל  shall  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
קֹ֖דֶשׁ  holy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
יִֽהְיֶה־  it  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָּֽךְ  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular