Numbers 18:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.”

Numbers 18:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 18:1523 words

כָּלkālWhole

פֶּטֶרpeṭerFissure

רֶחֶםreḥemWomb

לְכָלləḵālTo whole

בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יַקְרִיבוּyaqərîvûApproach

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

בָּאָדָםbāʾādāmIn man

וּבַבְּהֵמָהûvabəhēmāhAnd in dumb

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

לָּךְlāḵəTo

אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation

פָּדֹהpādōhSever

תִפְדֶּהtip̄ədehSever

אֵתʾēt—

בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born

הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb

הַטְּמֵאָהhaṭəmēʾāhThe foul

תִּפְדֶּהtip̄ədehSever

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

Word-by-word meanings

כָּלkālWhole

פֶּטֶרpeṭerFissure

רֶחֶםreḥemWomb

לְכָלləḵālTo whole

בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יַקְרִיבוּyaqərîvûApproach

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

בָּאָדָםbāʾādāmIn man

וּבַבְּהֵמָהûvabəhēmāhAnd in dumb

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

לָּךְlāḵəTo

אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation

פָּדֹהpādōhSever

תִפְדֶּהtip̄ədehSever

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born

הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb

הַטְּמֵאָהhaṭəmēʾāhThe foul

תִּפְדֶּהtip̄ədehSever

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