And as the ransomוְאֵת פְּדוּיֵיfor the two hundred seventy-threeהַשְּׁלֹשָׁה וְהַשִּׁבְעִים וְהַמָּאתָיִםof the firstbornמִבְּכוֹרof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwho are in excessהָעֹדְפִיםof the Levites,עַל הַלְוִיִּם
Numbers 3:46
Study it in the app“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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:46, word by word
- And as the ransomפְּדוּיֵיpeduye
ransomed, ransom
Ransomed; in the plural, the price paid as ransom.
Where else “peduye” appears- for the two hundred seventy-threeשְּׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- for the two hundred seventy-threeשִּׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- for the two hundred seventy-threeמָּאתָיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears- of the firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- 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.
Where else “leviyim” appears
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.