Leviticus 14:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:”

Leviticus 14:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 14:624 words

אֶתʾet—

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe living

יִקַּחyiqaḥTake

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

וְאֶתwəʾet—

עֵץʿēṣTree

הָאֶרֶזhāʾerezThe cedar

וְאֶתwəʾet—

שְׁנִיšənîCrimson

הַתּוֹלַעַתhatwōlaʿatThe maggot

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הָאֵזֹבhāʾēzōvThe hyssop

וְטָבַלwəṭāvalAnd dip

אוֹתָםʾwōtām—

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe living

בְּדַםbədamIn blood

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַשְּׁחֻטָהhašəḥuṭāhThe slaughter

עַלʿalAbove

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

הַחַיִּיםhaḥayîmThe living

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

Word-by-word meanings

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe living

יִקַּחyiqaḥTake

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֵץʿēṣTree

הָאֶרֶזhāʾerezThe cedar

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁנִיšənîCrimson

הַתּוֹלַעַתhatwōlaʿatThe maggot

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֵזֹבhāʾēzōvThe hyssop

וְטָבַלwəṭāvalAnd dip

אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe living

בְּדַםbədamIn blood

הַצִּפֹּרhaṣipōrThe little bird

הַשְּׁחֻטָהhašəḥuṭāhThe slaughter

עַלʿalAbove

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

הַחַיִּיםhaḥayîmThe living

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