Numbers

Numbers 4:6

⁶They are to place over this a covering of fine leather,^b spread a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles.

Footnotes

b 4:6 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verses 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 25; see Exodus 25:5|EXO 25:5.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They are to place	וְנָתְנ֣וּ	wə·nā·ṯə·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5414 give, put, set
over	עָלָ֗יו	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
this a covering	כְּסוּי֙	kə·sui	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3681 covering
of fine leather	תַּ֔חַשׁ	ta·ḥaš	Noun - masculine singular	H8476 ta—aš
spread	וּפָרְשׂ֧וּ	ū·p̄ā·rə·śū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H6566 spread out, spread
a solid	כְּלִ֛יל	kə·lîl	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H3632 entire, whole, holocaust
blue	תְּכֵ֖לֶת	tə·ḵê·leṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H8504 violet
cloth	בֶֽגֶד־	ḇe·ḡeḏ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H899 treachery
over it	מִלְמָ֑עְלָה	mil·mā·‘ə·lāh	Preposition-m, Preposition-l; Adverb; third person feminine singular	H4605 higher part
and insert	וְשָׂמ֖וּ	wə·śā·mū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H7760 put, place, set
its poles	בַּדָּֽיו׃	bad·dāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H905 separation

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.