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Leviticus 16:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.


Leviticus 16:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 16:229 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
יָבֹאyāvōʾGo
בְכָלvəḵālIn whole
עֵתʿētTime
אֶלʾelNear
הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred
מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house
לַפָּרֹכֶתlapārōḵetTo separatrix
אֶלʾelNear
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הַכַּפֹּרֶתhakapōretThe lid
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָמוּתyāmûtDie
כִּיRelative conjunction
בֶּעָנָןbeʿānānIn cloud
אֵרָאֶהʾērāʾehSee
עַלʿalAbove
הַכַּפֹּרֶתhakapōretThe lid
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
יָבֹאyāvōʾGo
בְכָלvəḵālIn whole
עֵתʿētTime
אֶלʾelNear
הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred
מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house
לַפָּרֹכֶתlapārōḵetTo separatrix
אֶלʾelNear
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הַכַּפֹּרֶתhakapōretThe lid
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֹןhāʾārōnThe box
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָמוּתyāmûtDie
כִּיRelative conjunction
בֶּעָנָןbeʿānānIn cloud
אֵרָאֶהʾērāʾehSee
עַלʿalAbove
הַכַּפֹּרֶתhakapōretThe lid

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