The Meaning of Numbers 18:12 Explained

Numbers 18:12

KJV: All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.

YLT: all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat -- their first -fruits which they give to Jehovah -- to thee I have given them.

Darby: All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah, have I given thee.

ASV: All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give unto Jehovah, to thee have I given them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All the best  of the oil,  and all the best  of the wine,  and of the wheat,  the firstfruits  of them which they shall offer  unto the LORD,  them have I given  thee. 

What does Numbers 18:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 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 18:12 mean?

All the best of the oil and all of the new wine and the grain their firstfruits which they offer to Yahweh to you I have given them
כֹּ֚ל חֵ֣לֶב יִצְהָ֔ר וְכָל־ תִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְדָגָ֑ן רֵאשִׁיתָ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־ יִתְּנ֥וּ לַֽיהוָ֖ה לְךָ֥ נְתַתִּֽים

חֵ֣לֶב  the  best 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֵלֶב  
Sense: fat.
יִצְהָ֔ר  of  the  oil 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִצְהָר  
Sense: fresh oil, shining (pure) oil.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
תִּיר֣וֹשׁ  of  the  new  wine 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָרַשׁ 
Sense: wine, fresh or new wine, must, freshly pressed wine.
וְדָגָ֑ן  and  the  grain 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּגָן  
Sense: wheat, cereal, grain, corn.
רֵאשִׁיתָ֛ם  their  firstfruits 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: רֵאשִׁית  
Sense: first, beginning, best, chief.
יִתְּנ֥וּ  they  offer 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לַֽיהוָ֖ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לְךָ֥  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
נְתַתִּֽים  I  have  given  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.