Numbers 3:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

Young's Literal Translation
‘And I, lo, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every first-born opening a womb among the sons of Israel, and the Levites have been Mine;

King James Bible
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

Hebrew
“Behold,
הִנֵּ֧ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

I
וַאֲנִ֞י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

have taken
לָקַ֣חְתִּי (lā·qaḥ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the Levites
הַלְוִיִּ֗ם (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

from among
מִתּוֹךְ֙ (mit·tō·wḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

the children
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

in place of
תַּ֧חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

firstborn
פֶּ֥טֶר (pe·ṭer)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6363: That which separates or first opens

Israelite
מִבְּנֵ֣י (mib·bə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

from the womb.
רֶ֖חֶם (re·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7358: The womb

The Levites
הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

belong
וְהָ֥יוּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to Me,
לִ֖י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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