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 8:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 8:1619 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
נְתֻנִיםnətunîmGive
נְתֻנִיםnətunîmGive
הֵמָּהhēmāhThey
לִיlîTo
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
פִּטְרַתpiṭəratFissure
כָּלkālWhole
רֶחֶםreḥemWomb
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
כֹּלkōlWhole
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לָקַחְתִּיlāqaḥətîTake
אֹתָםʾōtām—
לִיlîTo
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