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Leviticus 1:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.


Leviticus 1:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 1:1720 words
וְשִׁסַּעwəšisaʿAnd split
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
בִכְנָפָיוviḵənāp̄āywIn edge
לֹאlōʾNot
יַבְדִּילyavədîlDivide
וְהִקְטִירwəhiqəṭîrAnd smoke
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
הַמִּזְבֵּחָהhamizəbēḥāhThe altar
עַלʿalAbove
הָעֵצִיםhāʿēṣîmThe tree
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
עֹלָהʿōlāhStep
הוּאhûʾHe
אִשֵּׁהʾišēhBurnt-offering
רֵיחַrêḥaOdor
נִיחֹחַnîḥōḥaRestful
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשִׁסַּעwəšisaʿAnd split
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
בִכְנָפָיוviḵənāp̄āywIn edge
לֹאlōʾNot
יַבְדִּילyavədîlDivide
וְהִקְטִירwəhiqəṭîrAnd smoke
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
הַמִּזְבֵּחָהhamizəbēḥāhThe altar
עַלʿalAbove
הָעֵצִיםhāʿēṣîmThe tree
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
עֹלָהʿōlāhStep
הוּאhûʾHe
אִשֵּׁהʾišēhBurnt-offering
רֵיחַrêḥaOdor
נִיחֹחַnîḥōḥaRestful
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

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