Numbers 3:45 — King James Version← Study notes

“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.”

Numbers 3:45 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 3:4518 words

קַחqaḥTake

אֶתʾet—

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

כָּלkālWhole

בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born

בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בֶּהֱמַתbehĕmatDumb

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

בְּהֶמְתָּםbəhemətāmDumb

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist

לִיlîTo

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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

Word-by-word meanings

קַחqaḥTake

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

כָּלkālWhole

בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born

בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בֶּהֱמַתbehĕmatDumb

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

בְּהֶמְתָּםbəhemətāmDumb

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist

לִיlîTo

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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