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Exodus 28:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.


Exodus 28:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 28:121 words
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
הַקְרֵבhaqərēvApproach
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
אֶתʾet
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
וְאֶתwəʾet
בָּנָיוbānāywSon
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְכַהֲנוֹləḵahănwōTo officiate
לִיTo
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
נָדָבnādāvNadab
וַאֲבִיהוּאwaʾăvîhûʾAnd Abihu
אֶלְעָזָרʾeləʿāzārElazar
וְאִיתָמָרwəʾîtāmārAnd Ithamar
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
הַקְרֵבhaqərēvApproach
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בָּנָיוbānāywSon
אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְכַהֲנוֹləḵahănwōTo officiate
לִיTo
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
נָדָבnādāvNadab
וַאֲבִיהוּאwaʾăvîhûʾAnd Abihu
אֶלְעָזָרʾeləʿāzārElazar
וְאִיתָמָרwəʾîtāmārAnd Ithamar
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

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