Leviticus 10:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled.”

Leviticus 10:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 10:629 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶלʾelNear

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וּלְאֶלְעָזָרûləʾeləʿāzārAnd to Elazar

וּלְאִיתָמָרûləʾîtāmārAnd to Ithamar

בָּנָיוbānāywSon

רָאשֵׁיכֶםrāʾšêḵemHead

אַלʾalNot

תִּפְרָעוּtip̄ərāʿûLoosen

וּבִגְדֵיכֶםûvigədêḵemAnd covering

לֹאlōʾNot

תִפְרֹמוּtip̄ərōmûTear

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תָמֻתוּtāmutûDie

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

כָּלkālWhole

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

יִקְצֹףyiqəṣōp̄Crack

וַאֲחֵיכֶםwaʾăḥêḵemAnd brother

כָּלkālWhole

בֵּיתbêtA house

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

יִבְכּוּyivəkûWeep

אֶתʾet—

הַשְּׂרֵפָהhaśərēp̄āhThe cremation

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

שָׂרַףśārap̄Be

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶלʾelNear

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וּלְאֶלְעָזָרûləʾeləʿāzārAnd to Elazar

וּלְאִיתָמָרûləʾîtāmārAnd to Ithamar

בָּנָיוbānāywSon

רָאשֵׁיכֶםrāʾšêḵemHead

אַלʾalNot

תִּפְרָעוּtip̄ərāʿûLoosen

וּבִגְדֵיכֶםûvigədêḵemAnd covering

לֹאlōʾNot

תִפְרֹמוּtip̄ərōmûTear

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תָמֻתוּtāmutûDie

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

כָּלkālWhole

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

יִקְצֹףyiqəṣōp̄Crack

וַאֲחֵיכֶםwaʾăḥêḵemAnd brother

כָּלkālWhole

בֵּיתbêtA house

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

יִבְכּוּyivəkûWeep

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַשְּׂרֵפָהhaśərēp̄āhThe cremation

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

שָׂרַףśārap̄Be

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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