Numbers 3:13:6Num.3.13.W6TAB
כָל־בְּכ֜וֹר
kolbekhor
“all firstborn”
- Transliteration
- kol-be-KHOR
- Extended
- kohl-beh-KHOHR
- IPA
- /kol.bəˈxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- all firstborn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kol-be-KHOR
- phraseyour reading level
be-YOM ha-ko-TI kol-be-KHOR
- clause
KI LI kol-be-KHOR be-YOM ha-ko-TI kol-be-KHOR be-E-retz mits-RA-yim hik-dash-TI LI kol-be-KHOR be-yis-ra-EL me-a-DAM ad-be-he-MAH
- sentence
KI LI kol-be-KHOR be-YOM ha-ko-TI kol-be-KHOR be-E-retz mits-RA-yim hik-dash-TI LI kol-be-KHOR be-yis-ra-EL me-a-DAM ad-be-he-MAH LI yih-YU a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The noun phrase kol-bekhor {כָּל־בְּכוֹר | kol-bə-khor} ‘all the firstborn’ functions as the subject of two coordinated clauses introduced by the temporal prepositional phrase be-yom hak-kō-tî {בְּיוֹם הַכֹּתִי | bə-yōm hak-kō-tî} ‘on the day that I struck’ and the Hifʿil perfect hiq-dash-tî {הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי | hiq-dash-tî} ‘I sanctified’.
Root and etymology
b-kh-rbet–kaf–resh
“firstborn”
In context — Numbers 3:13
For every firstborn is Mine; on the day that I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for Myself every firstborn in Israel, from human to animal. They shall be Mine. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 3:13, so the Hebrew word כָל־בְּכ֜וֹר (kolbekhor) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.3.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.13.W6.S1) and character.