Exodus 13:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.”

Exodus 13:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 13:213 words

קַדֶּשׁqadešBe

לִיlîTo

כָלḵālWhole

בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born

פֶּטֶרpeṭerFissure

כָּלkālWhole

רֶחֶםreḥemWomb

בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בָּאָדָםbāʾādāmIn man

וּבַבְּהֵמָהûvabəhēmāhAnd in dumb

לִיlîTo

הוּאhûʾHe

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

קַדֶּשׁqadešBe

לִיlîTo

כָלḵālWhole

בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born

פֶּטֶרpeṭerFissure

כָּלkālWhole

רֶחֶםreḥemWomb

בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בָּאָדָםbāʾādāmIn man

וּבַבְּהֵמָהûvabəhēmāhAnd in dumb

לִיlîTo

הוּאhûʾHe

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