Leviticus 14:53 — King James Version← Study notes

“But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.”

Leviticus 14:53 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 14:5314 words

וְשִׁלַּחwəšilaḥAnd send

אֶתʾet—

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe living

אֶלʾelNear

מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall

לָעִירlāʿîrTo city

אֶלʾelNear

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field

וְכִפֶּרwəḵiperAnd cover

עַלʿalAbove

הַבַּיִתhabayitThe a house

וְטָהֵרwəṭāhērAnd be pure

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְשִׁלַּחwəšilaḥAnd send

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe living

אֶלʾelNear

מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall

לָעִירlāʿîrTo city

אֶלʾelNear

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field

וְכִפֶּרwəḵiperAnd cover

עַלʿalAbove

הַבַּיִתhabayitThe a house

וְטָהֵרwəṭāhērAnd be pure

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