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Leviticus 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.


Leviticus 1:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 1:522 words
וְשָׁחַטwəšāḥaṭAnd slaughter
אֶתʾet
בֶּןbenSon
הַבָּקָרhabāqārThe beeve
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְהִקְרִיבוּwəhiqərîvûAnd approach
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakōhănîmThe officiating
אֶתʾet
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
וְזָרְקוּwəzārəqûAnd sprinkle
אֶתʾet
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
עַלʿalAbove
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשָׁחַטwəšāḥaṭAnd slaughter
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בֶּןbenSon
הַבָּקָרhabāqārThe beeve
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְהִקְרִיבוּwəhiqərîvûAnd approach
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakōhănîmThe officiating
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
וְזָרְקוּwəzārəqûAnd sprinkle
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
עַלʿalAbove
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment

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