Numbers 8:16
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.Numbers 8:16 in the real world
In what words
- פֶּטֶרpeṭera fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
- רֶחֶםrechemthe womb
- בְּכוֹרbᵉkôwrfirstborn; hence, chief
- תָּוֶךְtâveka bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- נָתַןnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- בֵּןbêna son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative re
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.