The Meaning of Numbers 4:28 Explained

Numbers 4:28

KJV: This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

YLT: This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonite in the tent of meeting; and their charge is under the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Darby: This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting, and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

ASV: This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This [is] the service  of the families  of the sons  of Gershon  in the tabernacle  of the congregation:  and their charge  [shall be] under the hand  of Ithamar  the son  of Aaron  the priest. 

What does Numbers 4:28 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 4

1  The age at which the Levites were to serve, and the duration of the service
4  The duty of the Kohathites
16  The charge of Eleazar
17  The office of the priests
21  The duty of the Gershonites
29  Of the Merarites
34  The number of the Kohathites
38  Of the Gershonites
42  And of the Merarites

What do the individual words in Numbers 4:28 mean?

This [is] the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonite in the tabernacle of meeting and their duties [shall be] under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest -
זֹ֣את עֲבֹדַ֗ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וּמִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔ם בְּיַד֙ אִֽיתָמָ֔ר בֶּֽן־ אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּהֵֽן פ

זֹ֣את  This 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
עֲבֹדַ֗ת  [is]  the  service 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֲבֹדָה  
Sense: labour, service.
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת  of  the  families 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
בְּנֵ֥י  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י  of  the  Gershonite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי  
Sense: a descendant of Gershon, firstborn son of Levi.
בְּאֹ֣הֶל  in  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֹהֶל  
Sense: tent.
מוֹעֵ֑ד  of  meeting 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹועֵד  
Sense: appointed place, appointed time, meeting.
וּמִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔ם  and  their  duties  [shall  be] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁמֶרֶת  
Sense: guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch.
בְּיַד֙  under  the  authority 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
אִֽיתָמָ֔ר  of  Ithamar 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִיתָמָר  
Sense: fourth and youngest son of Aaron.
בֶּֽן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אַהֲרֹ֖ן  of  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
הַכֹּהֵֽן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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