Leviticus
Leviticus 24:3
3Outside the veil of the Testimonya in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.
Footnotes
- a 24:3 The Testimony refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outside | מִחוּץ֩ | mi·ḥūṣ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H2351 the outside |
| the veil | לְפָרֹ֨כֶת | lə·p̄ā·rō·ḵeṯ | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct | H6532 curtain |
| of the Testimony | הָעֵדֻ֜ת | hā·‘ê·ḏuṯ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5715 testimony |
| in the Tent | בְּאֹ֣הֶל | bə·’ō·hel | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H168 tent |
| of Meeting | מוֹעֵ֗ד | mō·w·‘êḏ | Noun - masculine singular | H4150 appointed time, place, meeting |
| Aaron | אַהֲרֹ֜ן | ’a·hă·rōn | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H175 Aaron |
| is to tend | יַעֲרֹךְ֩ | ya·‘ă·rōḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6186 arrange or set in order |
| the lamps | אֹת֨וֹ | ’ō·ṯōw | Direct object marker; third person masculine singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
| continually | תָּמִ֑יד | tā·mîḏ | Adverb | H8548 continuity |
| before | לִפְנֵ֥י | lip̄·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| from evening | מֵעֶ֧רֶב | mê·‘e·reḇ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H6153 (sun)set, evening |
| until | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| morning | בֹּ֛קֶר | bō·qer | Noun - masculine singular | H1242 morning |
| This is to be a permanent | עוֹלָ֖ם | ‘ō·w·lām | Noun - masculine singular | H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity |
| statute | חֻקַּ֥ת | ḥuq·qaṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H2708 something prescribed, enactment, statute |
| for the generations to come | לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ | lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1755 period, generation, dwelling |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.