Leviticus 16:10 — King James Version← Study notes
“But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.”
Leviticus 16:10 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Leviticus 16:1016 words
וְהַשָּׂעִירwəhaśāʿîrAnd the shaggy
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָלָהʿālāhAscend
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
הַגּוֹרָלhagwōrālThe pebble
לַעֲזָאזֵלlaʿăzāʾzēlTo goat of departure
יָעֳמַדyāʿŏmadStand
חַיḥayLiving
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְכַפֵּרləḵapērTo cover
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
לְשַׁלַּחləšalaḥTo send
אֹתוֹʾōtwō—
לַעֲזָאזֵלlaʿăzāʾzēlTo goat of departure
הַמִּדְבָּרָהhamidəbārāhThe pasture
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