Verse 18

{ "verseID": "Numbers.8.18", "source": "וָאֶקַּח֙ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם תַּ֥חַת כָּל־בְּכ֖וֹר בִּבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃", "text": "And *wāʾeqqaḥ* *ʾeṯ*-the *ləwiyyim* *taḥaṯ* all *bəḵôr* in *bənê* *Yiśrāʾēl*", "grammar": { "*wāʾeqqaḥ*": "Qal waw consecutive imperfect, 1st person common singular - and I took", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*ləwiyyim*": "proper noun, masculine plural - Levites", "*taḥaṯ*": "preposition - instead of", "*bəḵôr*": "common noun, masculine singular - firstborn", "*bənê*": "common noun, masculine plural construct - sons of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel" }, "variants": { "*wāʾeqqaḥ*": "and I took/received/selected", "*taḥaṯ*": "instead of/in place of/in exchange for", "*bəḵôr*": "firstborn/firstling/first issue" } }

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