Numbers 8:17

Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For all the

בְּכוֹר

bᵉkôwr

H1060

firstborn; hence, chief

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of the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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are

אֲנִי

ʼănîy

H589

I

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both

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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and

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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on the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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that I

נָכָה

nâkâh

H5221

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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every

בְּכוֹר

bᵉkôwr

H1060

firstborn; hence, chief

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in the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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of

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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I

קָדַשׁ

qâdash

H6942

to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

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them for

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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Key Terms in This Verse

sanctified H6942

קָדַשׁ qâdash

to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

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firstborn H1060

בְּכוֹר bᵉkôwr

firstborn; hence, chief

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firstborn H1060

בְּכוֹר bᵉkôwr

firstborn; hence, chief

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myself H1320

בָּשָׂר bâsâr

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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beast H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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smote H5221

נָכָה nâkâh

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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Egypt H4714

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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mine H589

אֲנִי ʼănîy

I

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land H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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day H3117

יוֹם yôwm

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

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Cross References

Exodus 13:2 cross-reference

Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

Luke 2:23 cross-reference

(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

Numbers 3:13 cross-reference

Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the ...

Exodus 29:44 cross-reference

And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.

James 1:18 cross-reference

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Psalm 135:8 cross-reference

Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

John 10:36 cross-reference

Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

Hebrews 11:28 cross-reference

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

Psalm 78:51 cross-reference

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Leviticus 27:26 cross-reference

Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD’s.

John 17:19 cross-reference

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

Ezekiel 20:12 cross-reference

Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

Hebrews 10:29 cross-reference

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thi...

Psalm 105:36 cross-reference

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

Exodus 12:29 cross-reference

And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dung...

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