The Meaning of Numbers 4:5 Explained

Numbers 4:5

KJV: And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

YLT: that Aaron and his sons have come in, in the journeying of the camp, and have taken down the vail of the hanging, and have covered with it the ark of the testimony;

Darby: And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall take down the veil of separation and cover the ark of testimony with it;

ASV: when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when the camp  setteth forward,  Aaron  shall come,  and his sons,  and they shall take down  the covering  vail,  and cover  the ark  of testimony  with it: 

What does Numbers 4:5 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 4:5 mean?

and when shall come Aaron and his sons prepares to journey the camp and they shall take down - veil the covering and cover with it the ark of the Testimony
וּבָ֨א אַהֲרֹ֤ן וּבָנָיו֙ בִּנְסֹ֣עַ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְהוֹרִ֕דוּ אֵ֖ת פָּרֹ֣כֶת הַמָּסָ֑ךְ וְכִ֨סּוּ־ בָ֔הּ אֵ֖ת אֲרֹ֥ן הָעֵדֻֽת

וּבָ֨א  and  when  shall  come 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אַהֲרֹ֤ן  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
וּבָנָיו֙  and  his  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
בִּנְסֹ֣עַ  prepares  to  journey 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה  the  camp 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
וְהוֹרִ֕דוּ  and  they  shall  take  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
אֵ֖ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
פָּרֹ֣כֶת  veil 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פָּרֹכֶת  
Sense: curtain, veil.
הַמָּסָ֑ךְ  the  covering 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָסָךְ  
Sense: covering, rag, screen.
וְכִ֨סּוּ־  and  cover 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
בָ֔הּ  with  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
אֲרֹ֥ן  ark 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: אֲרֹון  
Sense: chest, ark.
הָעֵדֻֽת  of  the  Testimony 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵדוּת  
Sense: testimony.