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Exodus 30:20 — King James Version← Study notes

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord:


Exodus 30:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 30:2016 words
בְּבֹאָםbəvōʾāmIn go
אֶלʾelNear
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
יִרְחֲצוּyirəḥăṣûLave
מַיִםmayimWaters
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָמֻתוּyāmutûDie
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְגִשְׁתָּםvəgišətāmIn be
אֶלʾelNear
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
לְשָׁרֵתləšārētTo attend
לְהַקְטִירləhaqəṭîrTo smoke
אִשֶּׁהʾišehBurnt-offering
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

בְּבֹאָםbəvōʾāmIn go
אֶלʾelNear
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
יִרְחֲצוּyirəḥăṣûLave
מַיִםmayimWaters
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָמֻתוּyāmutûDie
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְגִשְׁתָּםvəgišətāmIn be
אֶלʾelNear
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
לְשָׁרֵתləšārētTo attend
לְהַקְטִירləhaqəṭîrTo smoke
אִשֶּׁהʾišehBurnt-offering
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

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