Hebrew Interlinear
Numbers 3:12 Interlinear
“ And I behold I have taken the Levites from among among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel the Levites”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַֽאֲנִ֞י | H589 | i | |
| 2 | הִנֵּ֧ה | H2009 | lo! | |
| 3 | לָקַ֣חְתִּי | H3947 | And I behold I have taken | to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
| 4 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 5 | הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ | H3881 | the Levites | a levite or descendant of levi |
| 6 | מִתּוֹךְ֙ | H8432 | from among | a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center |
| 7 | מִבְּנֵ֣י | H1121 | among the children | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 8 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | H3478 | of Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 9 | תַּ֧חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 10 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 11 | בְּכ֛וֹר | H1060 | instead of all the firstborn | first-born; hence, chief |
| 12 | פֶּ֥טֶר | H6363 | that openeth | a fissure, i.e., (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix) |
| 13 | רֶ֖חֶם | H7358 | the matrix | the womb |
| 14 | מִבְּנֵ֣י | H1121 | among the children | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 15 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | H3478 | of Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 16 | וְהָ֥יוּ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 17 | לִ֖י | H0 | ||
| 18 | הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ | H3881 | the Levites | a levite or descendant of levi |
Verse Context
Numbers 3:11spake And the LORD unto Moses saying...
Numbers 3:12 (current) And I behold I have taken the Levites from among among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel the Levites
Numbers 3:13 Because all the firstborn are mine for on the day that I smote...