Exodus 30:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.”

Exodus 30:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 30:1622 words

וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take

אֶתʾet—

כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver

הַכִּפֻּרִיםhakipurîmThe cover

מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְנָתַתָּwənātatāAnd give

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

עַלʿalAbove

עֲבֹדַתʿăvōdatWork

אֹהֶלʾōhelTent

מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לְזִכָּרוֹןləzikārwōnTo memento

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לְכַפֵּרləḵapērTo cover

עַלʿalAbove

נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםnap̄əšōtêḵemSoul

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver

הַכִּפֻּרִיםhakipurîmThe cover

מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְנָתַתָּwənātatāAnd give

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

עַלʿalAbove

עֲבֹדַתʿăvōdatWork

אֹהֶלʾōhelTent

מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לְזִכָּרוֹןləzikārwōnTo memento

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לְכַפֵּרləḵapērTo cover

עַלʿalAbove

נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםnap̄əšōtêḵemSoul

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