KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Numbers 4:6 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And shall put” | וְנָֽתְנ֣וּ | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | put |
| “thereon” | עָלָ֗יו | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | thereon |
| “the covering” | כְּסוּי֙ | Properly, covered, i.e., (as noun) a covering | covering |
| “of badgers'” | תַּ֔חַשׁ | A (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope | badgers |
| “skins,” | ע֣וֹר | Skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather | skins |
| “and shall spread” | וּפָֽרְשׂ֧וּ | To break apart, disperse, etc | spread |
| “over” | מִלְמָ֑עְלָה | Properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc | over |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “a cloth” | בֶֽגֶד | A covering, also treachery or pillage | cloth |
| “wholly” | כְּלִ֛יל | Complete; as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed); as adverb, fully | wholly |
| “of blue,” | תְּכֵ֖לֶת | The cerulean mussel, i.e., the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith | blue |
| “and shall put” | וְשָׂמ֖וּ | To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) | put |
| “in the staves” | בַּדָּֽיו׃ | Properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides | staves |
| “thereof.” | בַּדָּֽיו׃ | Properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides | thereof |
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4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
8 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.
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