Study it in the app““And I, look, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel in place of every firstborn, the first to open the womb among the sons of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.”
“And I,וַאֲנִיlook,הִנֵּהI have takenלָקַחְתִּיthe Levitesאֶת הַלְוִיִּםfrom amongמִתּוֹךְthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלin place ofתַּחַתeveryכָּלfirstborn,בְּכוֹרthe first to openפֶּטֶרthe wombרֶחֶםamong the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand the Levitesהַלְוִיִּםshall beוְהָיוּmine.לִי
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachti” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearsfirst offspring
"What opens the womb": the first child or the first young born to a mother.
Where else “peter” appearsfirstborn
The first young or first child born to a mother.
Where else “rechem” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears11And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
12 · This verse (above)
13For every firstborn is mine; on the day I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to myself every firstborn in Israel, both of human beings and of animals; they shall be mine. I am YHWH.”
