Numbers

Numbers 3:12

¹²“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Behold	הִנֵּ֧ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
I	וַאֲנִ֞י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
have taken	לָקַ֣חְתִּי	lā·qaḥ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3947 take
the Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֗ם	hal·wî·yim	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3881 Levite
from among	מִתּוֹךְ֙	mit·tō·wḵ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8432 midst
the children	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
in place of	תַּ֧חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
firstborn	פֶּ֥טֶר	pe·ṭer	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6363 that which separates, first opens
Israelite	מִבְּנֵ֣י	mib·bə·nê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
from the womb	רֶ֖חֶם	re·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H7358 womb
The Levites	הַלְוִיִּֽם׃	hal·wî·yim	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3881 Levite
belong	וְהָ֥יוּ	wə·hā·yū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
to Me	לִ֖י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.