Numbers 3:45:9Num.3.45.W9TAB
תַּ֣חַת
takhat
“instead of”
- Transliteration
- TA-khat
- Extended
- TAH-khaht
- 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 be-hem-TAM
- 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
Roott-ḥ-t
“under, instead of”
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 3:45:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 3:45, so the Hebrew word תַּ֣חַת (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.3.45.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.45.W9.S1) and character.