Exodus 29:37 — King James Version← Study notes

“Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.”

Exodus 29:37 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 29:3715 words

שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

תְּכַפֵּרtəḵapērCover

עַלʿalAbove

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

וְקִדַּשְׁתָּwəqidašətāAnd be

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred

קָדָשִׁיםqādāšîmSacred

כָּלkālWhole

הַנֹּגֵעַhanōgēʿaThe touch

בַּמִּזְבֵּחַbamizəbēḥaIn altar

יִקְדָּשׁyiqədāšBe

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

Word-by-word meanings

שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

תְּכַפֵּרtəḵapērCover

עַלʿalAbove

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

וְקִדַּשְׁתָּwəqidašətāAnd be

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred

קָדָשִׁיםqādāšîmSacred

כָּלkālWhole

הַנֹּגֵעַhanōgēʿaThe touch

בַּמִּזְבֵּחַbamizəbēḥaIn altar

יִקְדָּשׁyiqədāšBe

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