13 {
"verseID": "Numbers.3.13",
"source": "כִּ֣י לִי֮ כָּל־בְּכוֹר֒ בְּיוֹם֩ הַכֹּתִ֨י כָל־בְּכ֜וֹר בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֗יִם הִקְדַּ֨שְׁתִּי לִ֤י כָל־בְּכוֹר֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאָדָ֖ם עַד־בְּהֵמָ֑ה לִ֥י יִהְי֖וּ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "*kî* *lî* *kol*-*bəkôr* *bə-yôm* *hakkōtî* *kol*-*bəkôr* *bə-ʾereṣ* *Miṣrayim* *hiqdaštî* *lî* *kol*-*bəkôr* *bə-Yiśrāʾēl* *mē-ʾādām* *ʿad*-*bəhēmāh* *lî* *yihyû* *ʾănî* *YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*lî*": "preposition + 1st common singular suffix - to me/mine",
"*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of/every",
"*bəkôr*": "noun, masculine singular - firstborn",
"*bə-yôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in day/when",
"*hakkōtî*": "verb, Hiphil infinitive construct + 1st common singular suffix - my striking",
"*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of/every",
"*bəkôr*": "noun, masculine singular - firstborn",
"*bə-ʾereṣ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in land of",
"*Miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt",
"*hiqdaštî*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 1st common singular - I sanctified/consecrated",
"*lî*": "preposition + 1st common singular suffix - to me/for me",
"*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of/every",
"*bəkôr*": "noun, masculine singular - firstborn",
"*bə-Yiśrāʾēl*": "preposition + proper noun - in Israel",
"*mē-ʾādām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from human/man",
"*ʿad*": "preposition - until/to",
"*bəhēmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - beast/animal",
"*lî*": "preposition + 1st common singular suffix - to me/mine",
"*yihyû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd common plural - they shall be",
"*ʾănî*": "personal pronoun, 1st common singular - I",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD"
},
"variants": {
"*hakkōtî*": "striking/smiting/killing",
"*hiqdaštî*": "sanctified/consecrated/set apart/dedicated",
"*mē-ʾādām ʿad-bəhēmāh*": "from humans to animals/both people and livestock"
}
}