Numbers 3:41:12Num.3.41.W12TAB
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
halleviyim
“of the Levites”
- Transliteration
- hal-le-vi-YIM
- Extended
- hal-leh-vee-YEEM
- IPA
- /hal.ləviˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hal-le-vi-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
be-he-MAT hal-le-vi-YIM
- clause
ve-ET be-he-MAT hal-le-vi-YIM TA-khat kol-be-KHOR be-ve-he-MAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH-ta et-hal-le-vi-YIM li a-NI Ye-ho-VAH TA-khat kol-be-KHOR biv-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ET be-he-MAT hal-le-vi-YIM TA-khat kol-be-KHOR be-ve-he-MAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
A parallel clause begins after ve-et {וְאֵת֙ | wə-ʾēṯ} ‘and (direct object marker)’ substituting behemath ha-leviyyim {בֶּהֱמַ֣ת הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | bə-ḥe-māṯ ha-lə-wî-yim} ‘the livestock of the Levites’ with kol-bekhor behemath benei yisra'el {כָּל־בְּכ֔וֹר בְּבֶהֱמַ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | kol-bə-ḵôr bə-ḇe-hā-māṯ bə-nê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘all the firstborn among the livestock of the sons of Israel.’ These parallel substitution clauses and repeated tachat underscore a comprehensive consecration through exchange. The translation preserves tachat as “instead of” in formal and “as the replacement for” in dynamic to maintain the legal-theological nuance.
Root and etymology
l-w-ylamed, vav, yod
“attached one”
In context — Numbers 3:41
You shall take the Levites for Me, I the LORD , instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:41:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 3:41, so the Hebrew word הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (halleviyim) 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.3.41.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.41.W12.S1) and character.