Numbers 8:16

“For they are given, wholly given to me from among the sons of Israel; in place of all that first open the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel, I have taken them for myself.”

Numbers 8:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 8:16, word by word

are givenנְתֻנִיםnetunim

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “netunim” appears
from amongתּוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

Where else “toch” appears
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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that first openפִּטְרַתpitrat

first offspring

"What opens the womb": the first child or the first young born to a mother.

Where else “pitrat” appears
the wombרֶחֶםrechem

firstborn

The first young or first child born to a mother.

Where else “rechem” appears
the firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor

firstborn

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

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I have takenלָקַחְתִּיlakachti

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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The context

15And after that the Levites shall go in to serve the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and waved them as a wave offering.

16 · This verse (above)

17For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is mine, both among human beings and among animals; on the day I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them to myself.

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