Numbers 3:41:6Num.3.41.W6TAB
תַּ֥חַת
takhat
“instead of”
- Transliteration
- TA-khat
- Extended
- TAH-khat
- IPA
- /ˈtaħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- instead of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TA-khat
- phraseyour reading level
TA-khat kol-be-KHOR
- clause
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
- 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
The preposition tachat {תַּ֥חַת | ṯaḥat} ‘instead of’ introduces a substitution clause with kol-bekhor {כָּל־בְּכֹר | kol-bə-ḵōr} ‘all the firstborn’ among bivnei {בִּבְנֵ֣י | biv-nê} ‘the sons of’ yisra'el {יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}.
Root and etymology
t-ḥ-ttav, chet, tav
“under, instead of”
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 3:41:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 3:41, so the Hebrew word תַּ֥חַת (takhat) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.41.W6.S1) and character.