Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 8:17 Interlinear

For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine both man and beast on the day that I smote For all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2לִ֤יH0
3כָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
4בְּכוֹר֙H1060For all the firstbornfirst-born; hence, chief
5בִּבְנֵ֣יH1121of 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
6יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
7בָּֽאָדָ֖םH120are mine both manruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
8וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑הH929and beastproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
9בְּי֗וֹםH3117on the daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
10הַכֹּתִ֤יH5221that I smoteto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
11כָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
12בְּכוֹר֙H1060For all the firstbornfirst-born; hence, chief
13בְּאֶ֣רֶץH776in the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
14מִצְרַ֔יִםH4714of Egyptmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
15הִקְדַּ֥שְׁתִּיH6942I sanctifiedto be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
16אֹתָ֖םH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
17לִֽי׃H0

Verse Context

Numbers 8:16 For they are wholly given For they are wholly given unto me from among...
Numbers 8:17 (current) For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine both man and beast on the day that I smote For all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified
Numbers 8:18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn...

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