The Meaning of Numbers 4:9 Explained

Numbers 4:9

KJV: And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

YLT: and have taken a garment of blue, and have covered the candlestick of the lamp, and its lights, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, and all its oil vessels wherewith they minister to it;

Darby: And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they perform its service;

ASV: And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they shall take  a cloth  of blue,  and cover  the candlestick  of the light,  and his lamps,  and his tongs,  and his snuffdishes,  and all the oil  vessels  thereof, wherewith they minister  unto it: 

What does Numbers 4:9 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 4:9 mean?

And they shall take a cloth blue and cover - the lampstand of the light and with its lamps its wick-trimmers its trays and all vessels its oil with which they minister to it
וְלָקְח֣וּ ׀ בֶּ֣גֶד תְּכֵ֗לֶת וְכִסּ֞וּ אֶת־ מְנֹרַ֤ת הַמָּאוֹר֙ וְאֶת־ נֵ֣רֹתֶ֔יהָ מַלְקָחֶ֖יהָ מַחְתֹּתֶ֑יהָ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־ כְּלֵ֣י שַׁמְנָ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְשָׁרְתוּ־ לָ֖הּ בָּהֶֽם

וְלָקְח֣וּ ׀  And  they  shall  take 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
בֶּ֣גֶד  a  cloth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
תְּכֵ֗לֶת  blue 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּכֵלֶת  
Sense: violet, violet stuff.
וְכִסּ֞וּ  and  cover 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
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.
מְנֹרַ֤ת  the  lampstand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מְנׄורָה  
Sense: lamp stand.
הַמָּאוֹר֙  of  the  light 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָאֹור  
Sense: light, luminary.
נֵ֣רֹתֶ֔יהָ  with  its  lamps 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: נִיר 
Sense: lamp.
מַלְקָחֶ֖יהָ  its  wick-trimmers 
Parse: Noun, mdc, third person feminine singular
Root: מֶלְקָחַיִם  
Sense: snuffers, tongs.
מַחְתֹּתֶ֑יהָ  its  trays 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מַחְתָּה  
Sense: fire-holder, censer, firepan, snuff dish, tray.
כְּלֵ֣י  vessels 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
שַׁמְנָ֔הּ  its  oil 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  with  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יְשָׁרְתוּ־  they  minister 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁרַת  
Sense: (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to.

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