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Numbers 8:14
“Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בָּדַלbâdal · baw-dal'
H914 · Hebrew
H914 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), [idiom] utterly.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הִבְדַּלְתָּ֙ — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:7Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:18
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּדַל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.