The Meaning of Numbers 18:18 Explained

Numbers 18:18

KJV: And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

YLT: and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine;

Darby: And their flesh shall be thine; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder shall it be thine.

ASV: And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the flesh  of them shall be thine, as the wave  breast  and as the right  shoulder  are thine. 

What does Numbers 18:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Num 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 18:18 mean?

And their flesh shall be yours just as breast the wave and thigh the right yours are
וּבְשָׂרָ֖ם יִהְיֶה־ לָּ֑ךְ כַּחֲזֵ֧ה הַתְּנוּפָ֛ה וּכְשׁ֥וֹק הַיָּמִ֖ין לְךָ֥ יִהְיֶֽה

וּבְשָׂרָ֖ם  And  their  flesh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
יִהְיֶה־  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָּ֑ךְ  yours 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
כַּחֲזֵ֧ה  just  as  breast 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חָזֶה  
Sense: breast (of animals), breast of an animal sacrifice.
הַתְּנוּפָ֛ה  the  wave 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּנוּפָה  
Sense: swinging, waving, wave offering, offering.
וּכְשׁ֥וֹק  and  thigh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שֹׁוק  
Sense: leg, thigh.
הַיָּמִ֖ין  the  right 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָמִין  
Sense: right, right hand, right side.
לְךָ֥  yours 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular

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