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So Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהtookיִּקַּחthe ransomהַפִּדְיוֹםsilverאֵת כֶּסֶףfrom those in excessמֵאֵת הָעֹדְפִיםbeyond those ransomedעַל פְּדוּיֵיby the Levites.הַלְוִיִּם
Numbers 3:49
Study it in the app“So Moses took the ransom silver from those in excess beyond those ransomed by the Levites.”
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Numbers 3:49, word by word
- So Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- tookיִּקַּחyikach
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “yikach” appears- the ransomפִּדְיוֹםpidyom
ransom
Ransom: what is paid to set a life free.
Where else “pidyom” appears- silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- from those in excessעֹדְפִיםodfim
have left over
Be left over, have more than needed.
Where else “odfim” appears- beyond those ransomedפְּדוּיֵיpeduye
ransomed, ransom
Ransomed; in the plural, the price paid as ransom.
Where else “peduye” appears- by the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears
The context
48And you shall give the silver to Aaron and to his sons as the ransom for those in excess among them.”
49 · This verse (above)
50From the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the silver, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary.