The Meaning of Numbers 4:3 Explained

Numbers 4:3

KJV: From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

YLT: from a son of thirty years and upward, even till a son of fifty years, every one going in to the host, to do work in the tent of meeting.

Darby: from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

ASV: from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

From thirty  years  old  and upward  even until fifty  years  old,  all that enter  into the host,  to do  the work  in the tabernacle  of the congregation. 

What does Numbers 4:3 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 4:3 mean?

from old thirty years and above and even to old fifty years all who enter the service to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting
מִבֶּ֨ן שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה וְעַ֖ד בֶּן־ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה כָּל־ בָּא֙ לַצָּבָ֔א לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מְלָאכָ֖ה בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד

מִבֶּ֨ן  from  old 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים  thirty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים  
Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
שָׁנָה֙  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וָמַ֔עְלָה  and  above 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעַל 
Sense: higher part, upper part adv.
וְעַ֖ד  and  even  to 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
בֶּן־  old 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
שָׁנָ֑ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
בָּא֙  who  enter 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
לַצָּבָ֔א  the  service 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת  to  do 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
מְלָאכָ֖ה  the  work 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.
בְּאֹ֥הֶל  in  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֹהֶל  
Sense: tent.
מוֹעֵֽד  of  meeting 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹועֵד  
Sense: appointed place, appointed time, meeting.