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 28:38 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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