Numbers 8:16
'For they are certainly given to Me out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of him who openeth any womb — the first-born of all — from the sons of Israel I have taken them to Myself;This verse 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.