Numbers 3:45:4Num.3.45.W4TAB

כָּל־בְּכוֹר֙

kolbekhor

“all the firstborn”

Transliteration: KOL-be-KHOR
Extended: KOHL-beh-KHOHR
IPA: /kol bəˈxoːr/

Meaning by language

English: all the firstborn

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

כָּל + בְּ + כוֹר֙

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kol + be + khor

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kolbekhor

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
TA-khat KOL-be-KHOR
clause
KAKH ET-hal-le-vi-YIM TA-khat KOL-be-KHOR biv-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ET-be-he-MAT hal-le-vi-YIM TA-khat be-hem-TAM
sentence
KAKH ET-hal-le-vi-YIM TA-khat KOL-be-KHOR biv-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ET-be-he-MAT hal-le-vi-YIM TA-khat be-hem-TAM ve-ha-YU-LI hal-le-vi-YIM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The preposition taḥat {תַּ֤חַת | taḥat} “in place of” governs two parallel constructs: kol bĕkôr bivnê yiśrāʾēl {כָּל־בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל} “all the firstborn among the sons of Israel” and bĕḥəmāt ha-leviyim taḥat bĕḥəmātām {בֶּהֱמַת הַלְוִיִּ֖ם תַּ֣חַת בְּהֶמְתָּ֑ם} “the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock,” reinforcing the substitution theme.

Root and etymology

ב־כ־ר

“firstborn”

In context — Numbers 3:45

Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and take the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine. I am the LORD .

About this coordinate

Numbers 3:45:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 3:45, so the Hebrew word כָּל־בְּכוֹר֙ (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.3.45.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.45.W4.S1) and character.

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