Numbers 3:40 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.”

Numbers 3:40 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 3:4017 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

פְּקֹדpəqōdVisit

כָּלkālWhole

בְּכֹרbəḵōrFirst-born

זָכָרzāḵārRemembered

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

מִבֶּןmibenFrom son

חֹדֶשׁḥōdešNew

וָמָעְלָהwāmāʿəlāhAnd upper part

וְשָׂאwəśāʾAnd lift

אֵתʾēt—

מִסְפַּרmisəparNumber

שְׁמֹתָםšəmōtāmAppellation

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

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