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Leviticus 10:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.


Leviticus 10:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 10:122 words
וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take
בְנֵיvənêSon
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
נָדָבnādāvNadab
וַאֲבִיהוּאwaʾăvîhûʾAnd Abihu
אִישׁʾîšMan
מַחְתָּתוֹmaḥətātwōPan
וַיִּתְּנוּwayitənûAnd give
בָהֵןvāhēnIn they
אֵשׁʾēšFire
וַיָּשִׂימוּwayāśîmûAnd put
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
קְטֹרֶתqəṭōretFumigation
וַיַּקְרִבוּwayaqərivûAnd approach
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵשׁʾēšFire
זָרָהzārāhTurn aside
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
אֹתָםʾōtām
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take
בְנֵיvənêSon
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
נָדָבnādāvNadab
וַאֲבִיהוּאwaʾăvîhûʾAnd Abihu
אִישׁʾîšMan
מַחְתָּתוֹmaḥətātwōPan
וַיִּתְּנוּwayitənûAnd give
בָהֵןvāhēnIn they
אֵשׁʾēšFire
וַיָּשִׂימוּwayāśîmûAnd put
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
קְטֹרֶתqəṭōretFumigation
וַיַּקְרִבוּwayaqərivûAnd approach
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵשׁʾēšFire
זָרָהzārāhTurn aside
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

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