Numbers 3:41 — King James Version← Study notes

“And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.”

Numbers 3:41 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 3:4120 words

וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take

אֶתʾet—

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

לִיlîTo

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

כָּלkālWhole

בְּכֹרbəḵōrFirst-born

בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

בֶּהֱמַתbehĕmatDumb

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

כָּלkālWhole

בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born

בְּבֶהֱמַתbəvehĕmatIn dumb

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

לִיlîTo

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

כָּלkālWhole

בְּכֹרbəḵōrFirst-born

בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

בֶּהֱמַתbehĕmatDumb

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

כָּלkālWhole

בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born

בְּבֶהֱמַתbəvehĕmatIn dumb

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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