And I behold I have taken
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
the Levites
Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee')
a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.
from among
tavek (taw'-vek)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in).
the children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
instead of all the firstborn
bkowr (bek-ore')
firstborn; hence, chief -- eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
that openeth
peter (peh'-ter)
a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix) -- firstling, openeth, such as open.
the matrix
rechem (rekh'-em)
the womb -- matrix, womb.
among the children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
therefore the Levites
Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee')
a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.
shall be mine
