Numbers 4:24 Go deeper

This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: (KJV)

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זֹ֣אתzotthis

Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Numbers 4:24 word 1

עֲבֹדַ֔ת'a.vo.Dat[is] [the] service of

Lemma: עֲבֹדָה (a.vo.dah) · Strong's: H5656G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: service

Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 29:27, Genesis 30:26, Exodus 1:14, Exodus 2:23, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 6:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5656G; TAHOT Numbers 4:24 word 2

מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖תmish.pe.Chot[the] clans of

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) · Strong's: H4940

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: family

Used 302 times. Also: Genesis 8:19, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:18, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4940; TAHOT Numbers 4:24 word 3

הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑יha.ge.re.shu.Nithe Gershonite[s]

Lemma: גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי (ge.re.shun.ni) · Strong's: H1649

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)

Meaning: Gershonite

Used 13 times. Also: Numbers 3:21, Numbers 3:23, Numbers 3:24, Numbers 4:27, Numbers 4:28, Numbers 26:57 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1649; TAHOT Numbers 4:24 word 4

לַעֲבֹ֖דla.'a.Vodto serve

Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647G

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

Meaning: to serve

Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 14:4, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 27:40 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5647G; TAHOT Numbers 4:24 word 5

וּלְמַשָּֽׂא\׃u.le.ma.Sa'and for carrying

Lemma: מַשָּׂא (mas.sa) · Strong's: H4853A

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

Meaning: burden

Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 23:5, Numbers 4:15, Numbers 4:19, Numbers 4:27, Numbers 4:31, Numbers 4:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4853A; TAHOT Numbers 4:24 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

This	→	זֹאת H2063 this
is the service	→	עֲבֹדָה H5656G service
of the Gershonite	→	גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי H1649 Gershonite
clans	→	מִשְׁפָּחָה H4940 family
regarding work	→	עָבַד H5647G to serve
and transport	→	מַשָּׂא H4853A burden

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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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