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Numbers 4:18

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תַּכְרִ֕יתוּtakhritvcovenantכָּרַתverb, hiphil, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “covenant”, a wish or indirect commandH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שֵׁ֖בֶטshevetdartשֵׁבֶטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “dart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7626a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan[idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תmishpechotfamilyמִשְׁפָּחָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4940a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or peoplefamily, kind(-red).הַקְּהָתִ֑יhaqhatithe Kohathitesקֳהָתִיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “the Kohathites”, the ordinary formH6956a Kohathite (collectively) or descendants of KehathKohathites.מִתּ֖וֹךְmitokhefrom amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).הַלְוִיִּֽםhalviyimthe Leviiteלֵוִיִּיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “the Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Young’s Literal Translation

'Ye do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathite from the midst of the Levites;

World English Bible

“Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Darby Translation

Ye shall not cut off the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites,

Douay-Rheims

Destroy not the people of Caath from the midst of the Levites:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ye shall not destroy the family of Caath from the tribe out of the midst of the Levites.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

μὴ ὀλοθρεύσητε τῆς φυλῆς τὸν δῆμον τὸν Καὰθ ἐκ μέσου τῶν Λευιτῶν.