Numbers 8:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.”
Numbers 8:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 8:1717 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לִיlîTo
כָלḵālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
בָּאָדָםbāʾādāmIn man
וּבַבְּהֵמָהûvabəhēmāhAnd in dumb
בְּיוֹםbəywōmIn day
הַכֹּתִיhakōtîStrike
כָלḵālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
הִקְדַּשְׁתִּיhiqədašətîBe
אֹתָםʾōtām—
לִיlîTo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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