Leviticus 14:51 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:”

Leviticus 14:51 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 14:5124 words

וְלָקַחwəlāqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾet—

עֵץʿēṣTree

הָאֶרֶזhāʾerezThe cedar

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הָאֵזֹבhāʾēzōvThe hyssop

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

שְׁנִיšənîCrimson

הַתּוֹלַעַתhatwōlaʿatThe maggot

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe living

וְטָבַלwəṭāvalAnd dip

אֹתָםʾōtām—

בְּדַםbədamIn blood

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַשְּׁחוּטָהhašəḥûṭāhThe slaughter

וּבַמַּיִםûvamayimAnd in waters

הַחַיִּיםhaḥayîmThe living

וְהִזָּהwəhizāhAnd spirt

אֶלʾelNear

הַבַּיִתhabayitThe a house

שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven

פְּעָמִיםpəʿāmîmStroke

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקַחwəlāqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֵץʿēṣTree

הָאֶרֶזhāʾerezThe cedar

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֵזֹבhāʾēzōvThe hyssop

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁנִיšənîCrimson

הַתּוֹלַעַתhatwōlaʿatThe maggot

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe living

וְטָבַלwəṭāvalAnd dip

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּדַםbədamIn blood

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַשְּׁחוּטָהhašəḥûṭāhThe slaughter

וּבַמַּיִםûvamayimAnd in waters

הַחַיִּיםhaḥayîmThe living

וְהִזָּהwəhizāhAnd spirt

אֶלʾelNear

הַבַּיִתhabayitThe a house

שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven

פְּעָמִיםpəʿāmîmStroke

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