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And you shall giveוְנָתַתָּהthe silverהַכֶּסֶףto Aaronלְאַהֲרֹןand to his sonsוּלְבָנָיוas the ransomפְּדוּיֵיfor those in excessהָעֹדְפִיםamong them.”בָּהֶם
Numbers 3:48
Study it in the app“And you shall give the silver to Aaron and to his sons as the ransom for those in excess among them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:48, word by word
- And you shall giveנָתַתָּהnatata
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natata” appears- the silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- to Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and to his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- as the ransomפְּדוּיֵיpeduye
ransomed, ransom
Ransomed; in the plural, the price paid as ransom.
Where else “peduye” appears- for those in excessעֹדְפִיםodfim
have left over
Be left over, have more than needed.
Where else “odfim” appears
The context
47you shall take five shekels apiece per head; you shall take them by the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel being twenty gerahs.
48 · This verse (above)
49So Moses took the ransom silver from those in excess beyond those ransomed by the Levites.