The Meaning of Numbers 4:8 Explained

Numbers 4:8

KJV: And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

YLT: and they have spread over them a garment of scarlet, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves,

Darby: And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves to it.

ASV: and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they shall spread  upon them a cloth  of scarlet,  and cover  the same with a covering  of badgers'  skins,  and shall put  in the staves  thereof. 

What does Numbers 4:8 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 4:8 mean?

And they shall spread over them a cloth of yarn scarlet and cover the same with a covering of skins badger and they shall insert - its poles
וּפָרְשׂ֣וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם בֶּ֚גֶד תּוֹלַ֣עַת שָׁנִ֔י וְכִסּ֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ בְּמִכְסֵ֖ה ע֣וֹר תָּ֑חַשׁ וְשָׂמ֖וּ אֶת־ בַּדָּֽיו

וּפָרְשׂ֣וּ  And  they  shall  spread 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: פָּרַשׂ  
Sense: to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces.
עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם  over  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
בֶּ֚גֶד  a  cloth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
תּוֹלַ֣עַת  of  yarn 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּולָע 
Sense: worm, scarlet stuff, crimson.
שָׁנִ֔י  scarlet 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁנִי  
Sense: scarlet, crimson.
וְכִסּ֣וּ  and  cover 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
אֹת֔וֹ  the  same 
Parse: Direct object marker, third person masculine singular
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
בְּמִכְסֵ֖ה  with  a  covering 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִכְסֶה  
Sense: a covering.
ע֣וֹר  of  skins 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹור  
Sense: skin, hide.
תָּ֑חַשׁ  badger 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: תַּחַשׁ  
Sense: a kind of leather, skin, or animal hide.
וְשָׂמ֖וּ  and  they  shall  insert 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
בַּדָּֽיו  its  poles 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בַּד 
Sense: alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone.

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