Numbers 18

^I “Lord” = YHVH. From havah (to be, become) or hayah (to come to pass, become, be). This is the name of the God of Israel, the self-existent and eternal one, the tetragrammaton. This pronunciation has been lost to time so “Lord” is generally used in its place.
^II “Aaron” = Aharon. Derivation uncertain. May mean “bearer of martyrs” OR be related to Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (warrior lion) OR elevated, exalted, high mountain. This is Aaron. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aaron
^III “sons” = ben. From banah (to build or obtain children). This is son, age, child. It is son in a literal or figurative sense.
^IV “ancestral” = ab. This is father, chief, or ancestor. It is father in a literal or figurative sense.
^V “house” = bayit. Related to “sons” in v1. Probably from banah (see note III above). This is house, court, family, palace, temple.

^VI “bear responsibility” = nasa. This is to lift in a broad sense, literally and figuratively. So it could be to carry, take, or arise. It could also be bring forth, advance, accept.
^VII “offenses” = avon. Perhaps related to avah (to bend, twist, be amiss). This is sin, mischief, guilt, fault, punishment for iniquity, or moral evil.
^VIII “sanctuary” = miqdash. From the same as qodesh (set apart and so sacred; God is different from us and so God is holy/set apart; things we dedicate to God’s service are set apart for God and so they, too, are holy); related to qadash (set apart, consecrated, hallowed, sanctified; something or someone set apart for a holy purpose or use – ceremonially or morally clean). This is a sacred place, sanctuary, holy place. It is something or somewhere that is consecrated, whether to God or to another.
^IX “alone” = et. Literally, “with you.”
^X “priesthood” = kehunnah. 14x in OT. From the same as kohen (a priest, one who officiates or acts as priest). This is priesthood or priestly duties.

^XI “so” = gam. This is also, again, similarly.
^XII “bring” = qarab. This is to come near, offer, make ready, approach, take.
^XIII “brothers” = ach. This is brother, kindred, another, other, like. It is literally brother, but it can also be someone who is similar, resembling, or related to.

^XIV “tribe” = matteh. From natah (to stretch or spread out, extend, bend). This is a staff, rod, branch, or tribe. It could be a rod for discipline or correction. It could be a scepter to indicate authority, a throwing lance, or a walking staff. Figuratively, it could also be something that supports life (like bread).
^XV “Levi” = Levi. Perhaps from lavah (to join, twine, unite, remain, borrow, lend). This is Levi, perhaps meaning “attached.” It can refer to Jacob’s son, his tribe, and descendants.
^XVI “tribe” = shebet. This is a rod, staff, club, scepter, dart, or tribe. Literally a stick that can be used for punishing, writing, fighting, walking, ruling; thus, used figuratively for a clan.

^XVII “joined” = lavah. Related to “Levi” in v2. See note XV above.
^XVIII “serve” = sharat. This is ministering, serving, or waiting on. It can refer to one offering service as a worshipper or one serving as a servant.
^XIX “in front of” = paneh. From panah (to turn, face, appear). This is face in a literal or figurative sense. It could be face, presence, anger, respect. It can also be used of God to indicate divine favor or presence.
^XX “tent” = ohel. Perhaps from ahal (to shine, be clear). This is a tent, covering, home, or side pillar.
^XXI “covenant” = eduth. From ed (witness, testimony, recorder); from ud (to admonish, repeat, duplicate, testify, restore, record, relieve). This is testimony, ordinance, decree, warning, or witness.

^XXII “perform” = shamar. This is to keep, watch, or preserve. It means to guard something or to protect it as a thorny hedge protects something.
^XXIII “duties” = mishmeret. Related to “perform” in v3. From mishmar (jail, guard, watch, guard post); from shamar (see note XXII above). This is a guard or watch or guard post. It is used figuratively for obligation, duty, or observance, including religious observance.
^XXIV {untranslated} = mishmeret. Same as “duties” in v3. See note XXIII above.
^XXV “whole” = kol. From kalal (to complete). This is all or every.

^XXVI “but” = ak. Related to aken (surely, truly, nevertheless); from kun (properly, in a perpendicular position; literally, to establish, fix, fasten, prepare; figuratively, it is certainty, to be firm, faithfulness, render sure or prosperous). This is a positive statement – surely, also, certainly, alone, only.
^XXVII “approach” = qarab. Same as “bring” in v2. See note XII above.
^XXVIII “utensils” = keli. From kalah (to end, be finished, complete, prepare, consume, spent, or completely destroyed). This is something that was prepared – any implement, utensil, article, vessel, weapon, or instrument. Also includes jewels, weapons, bags, carriages, and furniture.
^XXIX “sanctuary” = qodesh. Related to “sanctuary” in v1. See note VIII above.

^XXX “altar” = mizbeach. From zabach (to kill, slay, offer; slaughtering an animal to offer as a sacrifice). This is an altar.
^XXXI “both” = gam. Same as “so” in v2. See note XI above.
^XXXII {untranslated} = gam. Same as “so” in v2. See note XI above.
^XXXIII “die” = mut. This is to die in a literal or figurative sense. It can also refer to being a dead body.

^XXXIV “attached” = lavah. Same as “joined” in v2. See note XVII above.
^XXXV “meeting” = moed. From yaad (to appoint, assemble or gather selves, agree). This is a meeting, assembly, fixed time. It can be used for a festival or feast. It can also refer to a meeting place.
^XXXVI “all” = kol. Same as “whole” in v3. See note XXV above.
^XXXVII “service” = abodah. From abad (to work, serve, compel; any kind of work; used causatively, can mean to enslave or keep in bondage). This is labor, service, bondage, job, servitude, worker. It can refer to any kind of work.
^XXXVIII “outsider” = zur. This is to come from somewhere else – a stranger. It is to stop for lodging. Figuratively, it can also mean to profane or commit adultery.

^XXXIX “sanctuary” = qodesh. Same as “sanctuary” in v3. See note XXIX above.
^XL “wrath” = qetseph. From qatsaph (angry or provoked to wrath; a bursting into anger). This is indignation, rage, strife, foam, a splinter.
^XLI “again” = od. Related to “covenant” in v2. From ud (see note XXI above). This is still, yet, again, more.
^XLII “come” = hayah. Related to “Lord” In v1. See note I above.
^XLIII “Israelites” = ben + Yisrael. Literally, “children of Israel.” Ben is the same as “sons” in v1. See note III above. Yisrael is from sarah (to persist, exert oneself, contend, persevere, wrestle, prevail) + el (God or god). This is Israel, meaning God strives or one who strives with God; new name for Jacob and for his offspring. This refers to the people and to the land.

^XLIV “now” = hinneh. From hen (lo! Behold! If, though; an expression of surprise). This is to draw attention, show suddenness or surprise, or to emphasize the importance of the coming statement. See! Lo! Behold!
^XLV “take” = laqach. This is to take, accept, carry away, receive. It can also have the sense of take a wife or take in marriage.
^XLVI “Levites” = Levi. Related to “Levi” and “joined” in v2. From Levi (see note XV above). This is Levite, a descendant of Levi.
^XLVII “among” = tavek. This is among, middle, in the midst, the center. Perhaps, properly, to sever.
^XLVIII “gift” = mattanah. 17x in OT. From mattan (gift, reward); from natan (to give, put, set, offer; to give literally or figuratively). This is a present, bribe, or offering.
^XLIX “dedicated” = natan. Related to “gift” in v6. See note XLVIII above.
^L “perform” = abad. Related to “service” in v4. See note XXXVII above.

^LI “perform” = shamar. Same as “perform” in v3. See note XXII above.
^LII “priestly duties” = kehunnah. Same as “priesthood” in v1. See note X above.
^LIII “concerns” = dabar. From dabar (to speak, declare, discuss). This is speech, a word, a matter, an affair, charge, command, message, promise, purpose, report, request. It is a word, which implies things that are spoken of in a wide sense.

^LIV “area” = bayit. Same as “house” in v1. See note V above.
^LV “curtain” = paroketh. Perhaps from the same as perek (perhaps from a word meaning fracture or break apart, emphasizing the severity or the break; harshness, severity, cruelty; rigorously). This is something that separates – a screen, curtain, or veil.
^LVI {untranslated} = abad + abodah. Literally, “perform service.” Abad is the same as “perform” in v6. See note L above. Abodah is the same as “service” in v4. See note XXXVII above.
^LVII “give” = natan. Same as “dedicated” in v6. See note XLIX above.
^LVIII “put to death” = mut. Same as “die” in v3. See note XXXIII above.

^LIX “spoke” = dabar. Related to “concerns” in v7. See note LIII above.
^LX {untranslated} = hinneh. Same as “now” in v6. See note XLIV above.
^LXI “charge” = mishmeret. Same as “duties” in v3. See note XXIII above.
^LXII “offerings” = terumah. From rum (to be high, rise, exalted, become proud, display, offer, present, set apart, extol; to rise in a literal or figurative sense). This is offering, gift – a sacred offering. It could also be a tribute or a bribe.

^LXIII “holy gifts” = qadosh. Related to “sanctuary” in v1 & “sanctuary” in v3. From qodesh (see note VIII above). This is sacred or holy in a ritual or moral sense. As a noun, it refers to a holy one (like a saint or angel), a holy place (the sanctuary), or God (the Holy One).
^LXIV “priestly portion” = mishchah. From mashach (to smear or anoint; to run oil on, to consecrate). This is the act of anointing, ointment, or a consecrated thing.
^LXV “due” = choq. From chaqaq (to inscribe, carve, or decree; a lawmaker; literally, this is engraving, but it implies enacting a law because laws were carved into stone or metal). This is statute, boundary, condition, custom, limit, ordinance It is something that is prescribed or something that is owed.
^LXVI “in perpetuity” = olam. This is a long scope of time whether in the past (antiquity, ancient time) or in the future (eternal, everlasting).

^LXVII “be” = hayah. Same as “come” in v5. See note XLII above.
^LXVIII “most holy things” = qodesh + qodesh. Literally, “holy of holies.” Same as “sanctuary” in v3. See note XXIX above.
^LXIX “fire” = esh. This is fire, burning, flaming, hot. It is fire in a literal or figurative sense.
^LXX “every” = kol. Same as “whole” in v3. See note XXV above.
^LXXI “offering” = qorban. Related to “bring” in v2. From qarab (see note XII above). This is an oblation or offering, which is to say, a sacrifice.
^LXXII “render” = shub. To turn back, return, turn away – literally or figuratively. Doesn’t necessarily imply going back to where you started from. This is also the root verb for the Hebrew word for repentance “teshubah.”

^LXXIII {untranslated} = kol. Same as “whole” in v3. See note XXV above.
^LXXIV “grain offering” = minchah. This is a gift or an offering, particularly a sacrificial one that is generally bloodless and given spontaneously (voluntarily).
^LXXV {untranslated} = kol. Same as “whole” in v3. See note XXV above.
^LXXVI “purification offering” = chatta’ah. From chata’ (to miss or go wrong and so to sin, bear the blame; it can also include the sense of forfeiting or lacking). This is sin itself as well as punishment for sin. It is sometimes used specifically to refer to sin that is habitual.
^LXXVII {untranslated} = kol. Same as “whole” in v3. See note XXV above.
^LXXVIII “guilt offering” = asham. From asham (to be guilty, suffer, be punished; to destroy, condemn, be desolate, perish). This is guilt, sin, wrong, or offense. It is also a sin or guilt offering.

^LXXIX “eat” = akal. This is to eat, devour, burn up, or otherwise consume. It can be eating in a literal or figurative sense.
^LXXX “male” = zakar. From zakar (to remember, to mark something so that it can be recalled, to be mindful of, to mention). This is male. Properly, perhaps, it means one who is remembered, which is to say a male.
^LXXXI “holy” = qodesh. Same as “sanctuary” in v3. See note XXIX above.
^LXXXII “daughters” = bat. Related to “sons” and “house” in v1. From ben (see note III above). This is daughter in a literal or figurative sense.
^LXXXIII “perpetual” = olam. Same as “in perpetuity” in v8. See note LXVI above.

^LXXXIV “whatever is set aside” = terumah. Same as “offerings” in v8. See note LXII above.
^LXXXV “gifts” = mattan. Related to “gift” and “dedicated” in v6. 5x in OT. See note XLVIII above.
^LXXXVI “elevation offerings” = tenuphah. From nuph (to rock back and forth, wave, sprinkle, quiver, beckon, offer, present). This is something that is waved or swung. So, it could be an elevation offering that is offered in that way. It can also refer to someone presenting a weapon in a threatening manner or to imply greater tumult.
^LXXXVII “everyone” = kol. Same as “whole” in v3. See note XXV above.
^LXXXVIII “clean” = tahor. From taher (bright, which implies being pure or clean; to purge, cleanse, or purify; clean in a ritual sense or a moral one (i.e. moral or holy)). This is clean or pure in a literal, ritual, or ethical sense.

^LXXXIX “best” = cheleb. This is fat, finest, marrow. It is fat in a literal or figurative sense. It refers to the richest or best part.
^XC “oil” = yitshar. From tsahar (to press oil or glisten). This is fresh oil, anointed. It is oil as that which is burned to make light; used figuratively to talk about anointing.
^XCI “wine” = tirosh. From yarash (inheriting or dispossessing; refers to occupying or colonizing – taking territory by driving out the previous inhabitants and living there instead of them; by implication, to seize or rob, to expel, ruin, or impoverish).  This is new wine or sweet wine – wine that is freshly squeezed. Sometimes used for fermented wine.
^XCII “grain” = dagan. Perhaps from dagah (to multiply, move quickly, breed greatly, grow). This is grain or other cereal.
^XCIII “choice produce” = reshit. From rosh (head, captain, or chief; excellent or the forefront; first in position or in statue or in time). This is beginning, first place, highest rank, chief thing.

^XCIV “first fruits” = bikkurim. 18x in OT. From bakar (to bear fruit, be firstborn, firstling, that which opens the womb, give the birthright to). This is first fruits – fruit that ripens earliest.
^XCV “land” = erets. Root may mean to be firm. This is earth, ground, field land, or country.
^XCVI “bring” = bo. This is to enter, come in, advance, fulfill, bring offerings, enter to worship, attack. It can also have a sexual connotation.
^XCVII “devoted thing” = cherem. From charam (to ban, destroy, devote, seclude; to dedicate to a religious purpose, often for destruction). This is something shut in like a net. Figuratively, it refers to something that is devoted to God or under a ban, often for destruction.

^XCVIII {untranslated} = kol. Same as “whole” in v3. See note XXV above.
^XCIX “first issue” = peter. 12x in OT. From patar (to separate, free, open, shoot out, emit, remove; this is to open up in a literal or figurative way). This is a firstling, firstborn, or opening. It is the thing that is the first to open.
^C “womb” = rechem. Related to racham (compassion, tender love, womb, compassion; the womb as that which cherishes the fetus). This is a womb.
^CI “creatures” = basar. From basar (being a messenger, publish, carry preach; properly, this is being fresh, rosy or cheerful as one bearing news). This is flesh, the body, fat, skin, self, nakedness, humankind, or kin. It can also refer to private parts.

^CII “human” = adam. Perhaps from adam (to be red, make ruddy); related to adamah (ground, dirt, earth). This is man, humankind, also Adam’s name. It refers to a human individual or humanity.
^CIII “animal” = behemah. This is animal or cattle. It is often used of large quadrupeds.
^CIV “offered” = qarab. Same as “bring” in v2. See note XII above.

^CV “firstborn” = bekor. Related to “firstfruits” in v13. From bakar (see note XCIV above). This is firstborn or chief.
^CVI “human beings” = adam. Same as “human” in v15. See note CII above.
^CVII “redeem” = padah + padah. This is to sever, which is to say to ransom. To secure someone’s release (by paying their debt to free them from slavery) and thus redeem, rescue, deliver, preserve. Can also be the redemption price. The word is repeated twice – the first time as an Infinitive Absolute. The Infinitive Absolute serves to emphasize the sentiment of the word. It is rather like Foghorn Leghorn’s speech pattern, “I said, I said.”
^CVIII “unclean” = tame. From tame (to defile, be unclean, pollute in a ritual or ethical sense). This is unclean, ill, or ritually impure.

^CIX “redemption price, reckoned from one month of age” = padah + ben + chodesh + padah. Literally, “you shall redeem those redeemed of the devoted things when one month old, according to your valuation for.” Padah is the same as “redeem” See note CVII above. Ben is the same as “sons” in v1. See note III above. Chodesh is from chadash (to renew, repair). This refers to a new moon. It can also mean monthly.
^CX “fix” = erek. From arak (to arrange by setting in a row; to set a battle, estimate, put in order, or compare). This is order, arrangement, price, estimate, value. It refers to something that is brought into order.
^CXI “five” = chamesh. This is five.

^CXII “shekels” = sheqel. From shaqal (to weigh, spend, trade). This is shekel or sheqel. It is a unit of weight, generally used in trade.
^CXIII “silver” = keseph. From kasaph (to long for, be greedy; to become pale). This is silver or money.
^CXIV “sanctuary” = qodesh. Same as “sanctuary” in v3. See note XXIX above.
^CXV “twenty” = esrim. From the same as eser (ten, tenth). This is twenty or twentieth.
^CXVI “gerahs” = gerah. 5x in OT. From garar (to drag or drag off in a rough fashion, chew, sweep, destroy; to chew the cud). This is a gerah – a twentieth part of a shekel. It may come from the sense of a kernel for its roundness. A gerah could be a unit of weight or a coin of that weight.

^CXVII “cow” = shor. Perhaps from shur (to travel, turn, journey; travelling like a prostitute or a merchant). This is bull, ox, head of cattle, cow.
^CXVIII “sheep” = keseb. 13x in OT. From kebes (root may mean to dominate; a young male sheep at the age of butting other sheep). This is apparently the same word as kebes, but with the consonants mixed up. It is a young lamb or sheep.
^CXIX “goat” = ez. Perhaps from azaz (to be strong in a literal or figurative sense, overcome, be impudent). This is a female goat, but can refer to male goats when plural.
^CXX “dash” = zaraq. This is to scatter or sprinkle, whether a liquid or a solid.
^CXXI “blood” = dam. Perhaps from damam (to cease, be or become mute, silent, still, cut off, hold peace, be astonished, die). This is blood, bloodshed, bloodguilt, lifeblood, and death. It is used for people and animals. More often blood from a wound or the blood of the innocent. Used figuratively for violence or for wine. Closely tied to life and death.

^CXXII “fat” = cheleb. Same as “best” in v12. See note LXXXIX above.
^CXXIII “turn…into smoke” = qatar. Perhaps from qetoreth (smoke, incense, the scent of the sacrifice as it burned); from the same as qitor (thick smoke, vapor). This is to make an offering, particular one of burned incense. It focuses on the fragrance made from the sacrificial fire. This is generally used to refer to worship.
^CXXIV “offering by fire” = ishsheh. Related to “fire” in v9. From eshshah (a fire); from esh (see note LXIX above). This is an offering by fire or a burnt offering. More broadly, it can refer to any kind of sacrifice.
^CXXV “pleasing” = nichoach. From nuach (to rest, calm, camp, free, place, remain, satisfy, settle, station, or wait; implies settling down in a literal or figurative sense). This is soothing, restful, sweet, pleasant.
^CXXVI “odor” = reyach. From ruach (to blow, breath; smell, anticipate; figuratively, to perceive, understand). This is a scent or breath – a savor, ointment. It is also used for the odor of sacrifices that pleases God.

^CXXVII “flesh” = basar. Same as “creatures” in 15. See note CI above.
^CXXVIII “breast” = chazeh. 13x in OT. Perhaps from chazah (to gaze at – to see or behold; perceiving as a mental process or looking at something with pleasure; seeing a vision). This is an animal breast.
^CXXIX “elevated” = tenuphah. Same as “elevation offerings” in v11. See note LXXXVI above.
^CXXX “right” = yamin. May be from yamam (to go or choose the right, use the right hand; to be physically fit or firm). This can mean right hand, right side, or south. Since most people are right-handed, the metaphorical usage of this word presumes that the right hand is stronger and more agile. Thus, it is the instrument of power and action.
^CXXXI “thigh” = shoq. 19x in OT. Perhaps from shuq (to overflow, run after). This is leg, thigh, or hip.

^CXXXII “offerings” = terumah. Same as “offerings” in v8. See note LXII above.
^CXXXIII “present” = rum. Related to “offerings” in v8. See note LXII above.
^CXXXIV “covenant” = berit. Perhaps from barah (to eat, choose, make clear); perhaps from bar (grain, wheat); from bara (to select, purify, cleanse, test, brighten, polish). This is a compact, covenant, alliance, treaty, or league.
^CXXXV “salt” = melach. Perhaps from malach (properly, to pulverize, temper together, dissipate; also to season or salt). This is powder; used for salt or salt pit.

^CXXXVI “forever” = olam. Same as “in perpetuity” in v8. See note LXVI above.
^CXXXVII “before” = paneh. Same as “in front of” in v2. See note XIX above.
^CXXXVIII “descendants” = zera. From zara (to sow or scatter seed; conceive or yield). This is seed or sowing. It can, thus, mean a fruit, plant, sowing time, child, offspring, or posterity.
^CXXXIX “as well” = et. Literally, “with you.” Same as “alone” in v1. See note IX above.

^CXL “have…allotment” = nachal. From nachalah (properly something that was inherited; can mean occupancy generally or, more particularly, an heirloom or an estate; can be an inheritance, gift, possession, or portion). This is to gain as a possession, divide for inheritance. Also, to occupy for any reason.
^CXLI “have” = hayah. Same as “come” in v5. See note XLII above.
^CXLII “share” = cheleq. From chalaq (to be smooth in a figurative sense; can refer to the stones that were part of casting lots – hence, apportion, share, distribute; figuratively, it can also mean to flatter). This is a division, lot, inheritance, legacy, or portion. It can also refer to a smooth tongue.
^CXLIII “among” = tavek. Same as “among” in v6. See note XLVII above.
^CXLIV “possession” = nachalah. Related to “have…allotment” in v20. See note CXL above.
^CXLV “among” = tavek. Same as “among” in v6. See note XLVII above.

^CXLVI “Levites” = ben + Levi. Literally, “children of Levi.” Ben is the same as “sons” in v1. See note III above. Levi is the same as “Levi” in v2. See note XV above.
^CXLVII {untranslated} = hinneh. Same as “now” in v6. See note XLIV above.
^CXLVIII “tithe” = maaser. Related to “twenty” in v16. From the same as eser (see note CXV above). This is a tenth, often used to refer to a tithe.
^CXLIX “return” = cheleph. 2x in OT – both in this passage. From chalaph (to slide by or rush; to pass through, change, sprout, renew, break a promise, pierce, or violate). This is an exchange or return.
^CL “perform” = abad. Same as “perform” in v6. See note L above.

^CLI “longer” = od. Same as “again” in v5. See note XLI above.
^CLII “incur” = nasa. Same as “bear responsibility” in v1. See note VI above.
^CLIII “guilt” = chet. Related to “purification offering” in v9. From chata (see note LXXVI above). This is sin, fault, or punishment of sin.
^CLIV “Levites” = Levi. Same as “Levites” in v6. See note XLVI above.
^CLV “perform” = abad. Same as “perform” in v6. See note L above.

^CLVI “statute” = chuqqah. Related to “due” in v8. From choq (see note LXV above). This is something prescribed such as a statue, custom, or ordinance.
^CLVII “generations” = dor. From dur (to move in a circle, which implies living somewhere or remaining there; it can also be the sense of piling or heaping up). This is a revolution of time, which is to say, an age or generation. It can also be a dwelling or one’s posterity.
^CLVIII “among” = tavek. Same as “among” in v6. See note XLVII above.
^CLIX “have” = nachal. Same as “have…allotment” in v20. See note CXL above.
^CLX “allotment” = nachalah. Same as “possession” in v20. See note CXLIV above.

^CLXI “Levites” = Levi. Same as “Levites” in v6. See note XLVI above.
^CLXII “portion” = nachalah. Same as “possession” in v20. See note CXLIV above.
^CLXIII “set apart” = rum. Same as “present” in v19. See note CXXXIII above.
^CLXIV “offering” = terumah. Same as “offerings” in v8. See note LXII above.

^CLXV “therefore” = al + ken. Ken is related to “but” in v3. Perhaps from kun (see note XXVI above). This is to set upright. Generally used figuratively to mean thus, so, afterwards, rightly so.
^CLXVI “have” = nachal. Same as “have…allotment” in v20. See note CXL above.
^CLXVII “allotment” = nachalah. Same as “possession” in v20. See note CXLIV above.
^CLXVIII “among” = tavek. Same as “among” in v6. See note XLVII above.

^CLXIX “Moses” = Mosheh. From mashah (to pull out in a literal or figurative sense, to draw out) OR from Egyptian mes or mesu (child, son i.e. child of…). This is Moses – the one drawn out from the water, which is to say, rescued. If derived from the Egyptian, his name would share a root with Rameses and Thutmose.
^CLXX “say” = dabar. Same as “spoke” in v8. See note LIX above.
^CLXXI “Levites” = Levi. Same as “Levites” in v6. See note XLVI above.
^CLXXII “receive” = laqach. Same as “take” in v6. See note XLV above.
^CLXXIII “set apart” = rum. Same as “present” in v19. See note CXXXIII above.
^CLXXIV “offering” = terumah. Same as “offerings” in v8. See note LXII above.

^CLXXV “reckoned” = chashab. This is properly to braid or interpenetrate. Literally it is to create or to wear. Figuratively, it can mean plotting – generally in a negative sense. More broadly, this can also mean think, consider, or make account of.
^CLXXVI “gift” = terumah. Same as “offerings” in v8. See note LXII above.
^CLXXVII “grain” = dagan. Same as “grain” in v12. See note XCII above.

^CLXXVIII “threshing floor” = goren. Root may mean to smooth. It is a threshing floor, barn, or open areas more generally.
^CLXXIX “fullness” = meleah. 8x in OT. From male (fill, satisfy, replenish, accomplish, fulfill, confirm, or consecrate; fill in a literal or figurative sense). This is fullness, abundance of harvest.
^CLXXX “winepress” = yeqeb. 16x in OT. This is wine vat or wine press. Root may mean to excavate – so it would be the trough as excavated. Specifically, it could refer to a vat that collects wine or an upper vat where grapes are crushed.

^CLXXXI “thus” = ken. Same as “therefore” in v24. See note CLXV above.
^CLXXXII “set apart” = rum. Same as “present” in v19. See note CXXXIII above.
^CLXXXIII “offering” = terumah. Same as “offerings” in v8. See note LXII above.
^CLXXXIV “offering” = terumah. Same as “offerings” in v8. See note LXII above.
^CLXXXV “priest” = kohen. Related to “priesthood” in v1. See note X above.

^CLXXXVI “gifts” = mattanah. Same as “gift” in v6. See note XLVIII above.
^CLXXXVII “set apart” = rum. Same as “present” in v19. See note CXXXIII above.
^CLXXXVIII “offering” = terumah. Same as “offerings” in v8. See note LXII above.
^CLXXXIX “part to be consecrated” = miqdash. Same as “sanctuary” in v1. See note VIII above.

^CXC “set apart” = rum. Same as “present” in v19. See note CXXXIII above.
^CXCI “reckoned” = chashab. Same as “reckoned” in v27. See note CLXXV above.
^CXCII “Levites” = Levi. Same as “Levites” in v6. See note XLVI above.
^CXCIII “produce” = tebuah. Related to “bring” in v13. From bo (see note XCVI above). This is produce, increase or gain – can be literal or figurative.

^CXCIV “any” = kol. Same as “whole” in v3. See note XXV above.
^CXCV “place” = maqom. From qum(to arise, stand, accomplish, establish, abide; rising against, getting up after being sick or asleep, arising from one state to another, becoming powerful, or rising for action; standing in a figurative sense). This is a standing, which is to say a spot or space a place. It can also refer to a locality or a physical/mental condition. HaMaqom is also a Jewish name for God – the place, i.e. the Omnipresent One.
^CXCVI “households” = bayit. Same as “house” in v1. See note V above.
^CXCVII “payment” = sakar. From sakar (to hire, reward, earn). This is wages, payment, service, salary, worth, reward, or benefit.
^CXCVIII “for” = cheleph. Same as “return” in v21. See note CXLIX above.

^CXCIX “offered” = rum. Same as “present” in v19. See note CXXXIII above.
^CC “profane” = chalal. This is to pierce, which implies to wound. It is used figuratively for making someone or something profane or breaking your word. It can also mean to begin as though one opened a wedge. Also, to eat something as a common thing.
^CCI “on pain of death” = lo + mut. Literally, “lest you die.” Same as “die” in v3. See note XXXIII above.