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Exodus 2:1

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
yâlak
and — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אִ֖ישׁ
ʼîysh
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)
מִבֵּ֣ית
bayith
from — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
לֵוִ֑י
Lêvîy
Levi, a son of Jacob
וַיִּקַּ֖ח
lâqach
and — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
לֵוִֽי
Lêvîy
Levi, a son of Jacob
Exodus 2:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
Now a man of the house of Levi [the priestly tribe] went and took as his wife a daughter of Levi. [Ex 6:18, 20; Num 26:59]
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Now a man of the house of Levi [the priestly tribe] went and took as his wife a daughter of Levi. [Ex 6:18, 20; Num 26:59]
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