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Numbers 8:16 — King James Version← Study notes

For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.


Numbers 8:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 8:1619 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
נְתֻנִיםnətunîmGive
נְתֻנִיםnətunîmGive
הֵמָּהhēmāhThey
לִיTo
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
פִּטְרַתpiṭəratFissure
כָּלkālWhole
רֶחֶםreḥemWomb
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
כֹּלkōlWhole
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לָקַחְתִּיlāqaḥətîTake
אֹתָםʾōtām
לִיTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
נְתֻנִיםnətunîmGive
נְתֻנִיםnətunîmGive
הֵמָּהhēmāhThey
לִיTo
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
פִּטְרַתpiṭəratFissure
כָּלkālWhole
רֶחֶםreḥemWomb
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
כֹּלkōlWhole
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לָקַחְתִּיlāqaḥətîTake
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
לִיTo

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