The Meaning of Numbers 4:16 Explained

Numbers 4:16

KJV: And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

YLT: And the oversight of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, is the oil of the lamp, and the spice-perfume, and the present of continuity, and the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, in the sanctuary, and in its vessels.'

Darby: And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have the oversight of the oil for the light, and the fragrant incense, and the continual oblation, and the anointing oil, the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and of all that is therein, over the sanctuary, and over its furniture.

ASV: And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the furniture thereof.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And to the office  of Eleazar  the son  of Aaron  the priest  [pertaineth] the oil  for the light,  and the sweet  incense,  and the daily  meat offering,  and the anointing  oil,  [and] the oversight  of all the tabernacle,  and of all that therein [is], in the sanctuary,  and in the vessels  thereof. 

What does Numbers 4:16 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 4:16 mean?

And the appointed duty of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest [is] the oil for the light and incense the sweet and grain offering the daily and oil the anointing the oversight of all the tabernacle and of all that [is] in it with the sanctuary and its furnishings -
וּפְקֻדַּ֞ת אֶלְעָזָ֣ר ׀ בֶּן־ אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֗ן שֶׁ֤מֶן הַמָּאוֹר֙ וּקְטֹ֣רֶת הַסַּמִּ֔ים וּמִנְחַ֥ת הַתָּמִ֖יד וְשֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֑ה פְּקֻדַּ֗ת כָּל־ הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ וְכָל־ אֲשֶׁר־ בּ֔וֹ בְּקֹ֖דֶשׁ וּבְכֵלָֽיו ס

וּפְקֻדַּ֞ת  And  the  appointed  duty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פְּקֻדָּה  
Sense: oversight, care, custody, mustering, visitation, store.
אֶלְעָזָ֣ר ׀  of  Eleazar 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶלְעָזָר  
Sense: Additional Information: Eleazar = “God has helped”.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אַהֲרֹ֣ן  of  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
הַכֹּהֵ֗ן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
שֶׁ֤מֶן  [is]  the  oil  for 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
הַמָּאוֹר֙  the  light 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָאֹור  
Sense: light, luminary.
וּקְטֹ֣רֶת  and  incense 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: קְטֹרֶת  
Sense: incense, smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice.
הַסַּמִּ֔ים  the  sweet 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: סַם  
Sense: spice.
וּמִנְחַ֥ת  and  grain  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
הַתָּמִ֖יד  the  daily 
Parse: Article, Adverb
Root: תָּמִיד  
Sense: continuity, perpetuity, to stretch.
וְשֶׁ֣מֶן  and  oil 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
הַמִּשְׁחָ֑ה  the  anointing 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִשְׁחָה 
Sense: consecrated portion, anointing oil, portion, ointment, anointing portion.
פְּקֻדַּ֗ת  the  oversight 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פְּקֻדָּה  
Sense: oversight, care, custody, mustering, visitation, store.
כָּל־  of  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּן  
Sense: dwelling place, tabernacle.
וְכָל־  and  of  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אֲשֶׁר־  that  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בּ֔וֹ  in  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בְּקֹ֖דֶשׁ  with  the  sanctuary 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
וּבְכֵלָֽיו  and  its  furnishings 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation