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And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; (KJV)
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וְאֵת֙ve.'Etand <obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 1
פְּדוּיֵ֣יpe.du.Yei[the] ransom<s> of
Lemma: פְּדוּיִם (pa.duy) · Strong's: H6302
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: ransomed
Used 3 times. Also: Numbers 3:48, Numbers 3:49 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6302; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 2
הַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֔הha.she.lo.Shahthe three
Lemma: שָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) · Strong's: H7969
Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)
Meaning: three
Used 429 times. Also: Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:13, Genesis 9:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7969; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 3
וְהַשִּׁבְעִ֖יםve.ha.shiv.'Imand the seventy
Lemma: שִׁבְעִים (shiv.im) · Strong's: H7657
Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)
Meaning: seventy
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:12, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 11:26, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 25:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7657; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 4
וְהַמָּאתָ֑יִםve.ha.ma.Ta.yimand the two hundred
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Acfda (Acfda)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 5
הָעֹֽדְפִים֙ha.'o.de.Fimwho are in excess
Lemma: עָדַף (a.daph) · Strong's: H5736
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to remain
Used 9 times. Also: Exodus 16:18, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 26:12, Exodus 26:13, Leviticus 25:27, Numbers 3:48 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5736; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 6
עַל\־'al-to
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 7
הַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.Yimthe Levites
Lemma: לֵוִי (le.viy.yi) · Strong's: H3881
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Levi
Used 291 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Exodus 6:16, Exodus 6:25, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3881; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 8
מִבְּכ֖וֹרmi.be.Khorof [the] firstborn of
Lemma: בְּכוֹר (be.khor) · Strong's: H1060
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: firstborn
Used 122 times. Also: Genesis 4:4, Genesis 10:15, Genesis 22:21, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1060; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 9
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 10
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Numbers 3:46 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| To redeem | → | פְּדוּיִם H6302 ransomed |
| the 273 | → | שָׁלֹשׁ H7969 three |
| . . . | → | שִׁבְעִים H7657 seventy |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| firstborn | → | בְּכוֹר H1060 firstborn |
| Israelites | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| . . . | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| who outnumber | → | עָדַף H5736 to remain |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the Levites | → | לֵוִי H3881 Levi |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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