The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 6:48 Explained

1 Chronicles 6:48

KJV: Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

YLT: And their brethren the Levites are put to all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Darby: And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

ASV: And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Their brethren  also the Levites  [were] appointed  unto all manner of service  of the tabernacle  of the house  of God. 

What does 1 Chronicles 6:48 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 6

1  The sons of Levi
4  The line of Eleazar unto the captivity
16  The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari
49  The office of Aaron, and his line unto Ahimaaz
54  The cities of the priests and Levites

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 6:48 mean?

And their brothers the Levites [were] appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם הַלְוִיִּ֑ם נְתוּנִ֕ים לְכָ֨ל־ עֲבוֹדַ֔ת מִשְׁכַּ֖ן בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים

וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם  And  their  brothers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
הַלְוִיִּ֑ם  the  Levites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
נְתוּנִ֕ים  [were]  appointed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לְכָ֨ל־  to  every  kind 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
עֲבוֹדַ֔ת  of  service 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֲבֹדָה  
Sense: labour, service.
מִשְׁכַּ֖ן  of  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁכָּן  
Sense: dwelling place, tabernacle.
בֵּ֥ית  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הָאֱלֹהִֽים  of  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).