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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 3:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 3:1322 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
לִיTo
כָּלkālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
הַכֹּתִיhakōtîStrike
כָלḵālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
הִקְדַּשְׁתִּיhiqədašətîBe
לִיTo
כָלḵālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God
מֵאָדָםmēʾādāmFrom man
עַדʿadAs far
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
לִיTo
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
לִיTo
כָּלkālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
הַכֹּתִיhakōtîStrike
כָלḵālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
הִקְדַּשְׁתִּיhiqədašətîBe
לִיTo
כָלḵālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God
מֵאָדָםmēʾādāmFrom man
עַדʿadAs far
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
לִיTo
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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