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Exodus 28:38 — King James Version← Study notes

And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.


Exodus 28:38Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 28:3824 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
עַלʿalAbove
מֵצַחmēṣaḥForehead
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
וְנָשָׂאwənāśāʾAnd lift
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אֶתʾet
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
הַקֳּדָשִׁיםhaqŏdāšîmThe sacred
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יַקְדִּישׁוּyaqədîšûBe
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
מַתְּנֹתmatənōtPresent
קָדְשֵׁיהֶםqādəšêhemSacred
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
עַלʿalAbove
מִצְחוֹmiṣəḥwōForehead
תָּמִידtāmîdContinuance
לְרָצוֹןlərāṣwōnTo delight
לָהֶםlāhemTo
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
עַלʿalAbove
מֵצַחmēṣaḥForehead
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
וְנָשָׂאwənāśāʾAnd lift
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
הַקֳּדָשִׁיםhaqŏdāšîmThe sacred
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יַקְדִּישׁוּyaqədîšûBe
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
מַתְּנֹתmatənōtPresent
קָדְשֵׁיהֶםqādəšêhemSacred
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
עַלʿalAbove
מִצְחוֹmiṣəḥwōForehead
תָּמִידtāmîdContinuance
לְרָצוֹןlərāṣwōnTo delight
לָהֶםlāhemTo
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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