Numbers 4:20 Go deeper

But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. (KJV)

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וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Numbers 4:20 word 1

יָבֹ֧אוּya.Vo.'uthey will go

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Numbers 4:20 word 2

לִרְא֛וֹתlir.'otto see

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to see: see

Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Numbers 4:20 word 3

כְּבַלַּ֥עke.va.La'as a swallowing

Lemma: בָּלַע (ba.la) · Strong's: H1104

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)

Meaning: to swallow up

Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 41:7, Genesis 41:24, Exodus 7:12, Exodus 15:12, Numbers 16:30, Numbers 16:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1104; TAHOT Numbers 4:20 word 4

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Numbers 4:20 word 5

הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁha.Ko.deshthe holy thing

Lemma: קֹ֫דֶשׁ (qo.desh) · Strong's: H6944G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: holiness

Used 415 times. Also: Exodus 3:5, Exodus 12:16, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 15:13, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 22:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6944G; TAHOT Numbers 4:20 word 6

וָמֵֽתוּ\׃\ \פva.Me.tuand they will die

Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)

Meaning: to die

Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Numbers 4:20 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

But [the Kohathites] are not	→	לֹא H3808 not
to go in	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
and look	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
at the holy objects	→	קֹ֫דֶשׁ H6944G holiness
even for a moment	→	בָּלַע H1104 to swallow up
or they will die	→	מוּת H4191 to die

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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