Forכִּיtheyהֵמָּהare given,נְתֻנִיםwholly givenנְתֻנִיםto meלִיfrom amongמִתּוֹךְthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלin place ofתַּחַתallכָּלthat first openפִּטְרַתthe womb,רֶחֶםthe firstbornבְּכוֹרof allכֹּלthe sonsמִבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלI have takenלָקַחְתִּיthemאֹתָםfor myself.לִי
Numbers 8:16
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- 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.
Where else “bechor” appears- I have takenלָקַחְתִּיlakachti
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachti” appears
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.