Exodus 20:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.”

Exodus 20:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:2423 words

מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar

אֲדָמָהʾădāmāhGround

תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo

לִּיlîTo

וְזָבַחְתָּwəzāvaḥətāAnd slaughter

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

אֶתʾet—

עֹלֹתֶיךָʿōlōteyḵāStep

וְאֶתwəʾet—

שְׁלָמֶיךָšəlāmeyḵāRequital

אֶתʾet—

צֹאנְךָṣōʾnəḵāFlock

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בְּקָרֶךָbəqāreḵāBeeve

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אַזְכִּירʾazəkîrMark

אֶתʾet—

שְׁמִיšəmîAppellation

אָבוֹאʾāvwōʾGo

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

וּבֵרַכְתִּיךָûvēraḵətîḵāAnd kneel

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar

אֲדָמָהʾădāmāhGround

תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo

לִּיlîTo

וְזָבַחְתָּwəzāvaḥətāAnd slaughter

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֹלֹתֶיךָʿōlōteyḵāStep

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁלָמֶיךָšəlāmeyḵāRequital

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

צֹאנְךָṣōʾnəḵāFlock

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּקָרֶךָbəqāreḵāBeeve

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אַזְכִּירʾazəkîrMark

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁמִיšəmîAppellation

אָבוֹאʾāvwōʾGo

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

וּבֵרַכְתִּיךָûvēraḵətîḵāAnd kneel

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