Numbers 8:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.”

Numbers 8:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 8:68 words

קַחqaḥTake

אֶתʾet—

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְטִהַרְתָּwəṭiharətāAnd be pure

אֹתָםʾōtām—

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

מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְטִהַרְתָּwəṭiharətāAnd be pure

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

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