Numbers 3:13 — King James Version← Study notes
“Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord.”
Numbers 3:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 3:1322 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לִיlîTo
כָּלkālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
הַכֹּתִיhakōtîStrike
כָלḵālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
הִקְדַּשְׁתִּיhiqədašətîBe
לִיlîTo
כָלḵālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God
מֵאָדָםmēʾādāmFrom man
עַדʿadAs far
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
לִיlîTo
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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