Numbers 3:42 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.”

Numbers 3:42 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 3:4211 words

וַיִּפְקֹדwayip̄əqōdAnd visit

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

בְּכֹרbəḵōrFirst-born

בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son

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

וַיִּפְקֹדwayip̄əqōdAnd visit

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

בְּכֹרbəḵōrFirst-born

בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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