Numbers 3:46

“And as the ransom for the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess of the Levites,”

Numbers 3:46 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 3:46, word by word

And as the ransomפְּדוּיֵיpeduye

ransomed, ransom

Ransomed; in the plural, the price paid as ransom.

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for the two hundred seventy-threeשְּׁלֹשָׁהshelosha

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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for the two hundred seventy-threeשִּׁבְעִיםshivim

seventy

Seventy.

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for the two hundred seventy-threeמָּאתָיִםmatayim

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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of the firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor

firstborn

The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.

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of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

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.

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who are in excessעֹדְפִיםodfim

have left over

Be left over, have more than needed.

Where else “odfim” appears
of the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

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The context

45“Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am YHWH.

46 · This verse (above)

47you shall take five shekels apiece per head; you shall take them by the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel being twenty gerahs.

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