Numbers

Numbers 3:45

⁴⁵“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Take	קַ֣ח	qaḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H3947 take
the Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֗ם	hal·wî·yim	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3881 Levite
in place	תַּ֤חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
of all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the firstborn	בְּכוֹר֙	bə·ḵō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H1060 first-born
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
and	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
the livestock	בֶּהֱמַ֥ת	be·hĕ·maṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H929 beast, animal, cattle
of the Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֖ם	hal·wî·yim	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3881 Levite
in place	תַּ֣חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
of their livestock	בְּהֶמְתָּ֑ם	bə·hem·tām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H929 beast, animal, cattle
The Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֖ם	hal·wî·yim	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3881 Levite
belong	וְהָיוּ־	wə·hā·yū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
to Me	לִ֥י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
I	אֲנִ֥י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
am the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.