“And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;”
Numbers 3:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 3:1218 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/אֲנִ֞יwaʾăniy
and IconjH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
הִנֵּ֧הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
לָקַ֣חְתִּיlāqaḥətiy
I have takenverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/לְוִיִּ֗םhaləwiyim
the LevitesparticleH3881
מִ/תּוֹךְ֙mitwōkə
from amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
the people ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
תַּ֧חַתtaḥat
in place ofpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
בְּכ֛וֹרbəkwōr
firstbornnounH1060
firstborn
פֶּ֥טֶרpeṭer
the firstborn ofnounH6363
openeth · such as open
רֶ֖חֶםreḥem
a wombnounH7358
womb
מִ/בְּנֵ֣יmibənēy
from the people ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וְ/הָ֥יוּwəhāyw
and they will belongconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לִ֖/יliy
pron
הַ/לְוִיִּֽםhaləwiyim
the LevitesparticleH3881
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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