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Numbers 8:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.


Numbers 8:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 8:188 words
וָאֶקַּחwāʾeqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾet
הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
כָּלkālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֶקַּחwāʾeqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
כָּלkālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בִּבְנֵיbivənêIn son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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