Tag Archives: Numbers 8:25

וּמִבֶּן֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה יָשׁ֖וּב מִצְּבָ֣א הָעֲבֹדָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲבֹ֖ד עֹֽוד׃ (Numbers 8:25) And from the age of fifty years he shall return from the service of the work, and shall serve no more. Word-by-Word Explanation וּמִבֶּן — “and from the age of.” Preposition מִן (“from”) + בֵּן (“son”), used idiomatically for age (“years old”). חֲמִשִּׁים — “fifty.” Numeral for the age marker. שָׁנָה — “year.” Noun in singular, completing the phrase: “fifty years old.” יָשׁוּב — “he shall return.” Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular from שׁוּב (“to return, turn back”).… Learn Hebrew