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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַֽאֲנִ֞יH589i
2הִנֵּ֧הH2009lo!
3לָקַ֣חְתִּיH3947And I behold I have takento take (in the widest variety of applications)
4אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5הַלְוִיִּֽם׃H3881the Levitesa levite or descendant of levi
6מִתּוֹךְ֙H8432from amonga bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
7מִבְּנֵ֣יH1121among the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
8יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
9תַּ֧חַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
10כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
11בְּכ֛וֹרH1060instead of all the firstbornfirst-born; hence, chief
12פֶּ֥טֶרH6363that openetha fissure, i.e., (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
13רֶ֖חֶםH7358the matrixthe womb
14מִבְּנֵ֣יH1121among the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
15יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
16וְהָ֥יוּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
17לִ֖יH0
18הַלְוִיִּֽם׃H3881the Levitesa 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...

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