The Meaning of Numbers 4:4 Explained

Numbers 4:4

KJV: This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

YLT: This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, the holy of holies:

Darby: This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: it is most holy.

ASV: This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This [shall be] the service  of the sons  of Kohath  in the tabernacle  of the congregation,  [about] the most  holy things: 

What does Numbers 4:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Num 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 4:4 mean?

This [is] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting [relating [to] the most holy things
זֹ֛את עֲבֹדַ֥ת בְּנֵי־ קְהָ֖ת בְּאֹ֣הֶל : מוֹעֵ֑ד קֹ֖דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים

זֹ֛את  This 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
עֲבֹדַ֥ת  [is]  the  service 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֲבֹדָה  
Sense: labour, service.
בְּנֵי־  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
קְהָ֖ת  of  Kohath 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קְהָת  
Sense: the 2nd of the 3 sons of Levi and progenitor of a family in the tribe 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.
קֹ֖דֶשׁ  [relating  [to] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים  the  most  holy  things 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.