Leviticus 16:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:”
Leviticus 16:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Leviticus 16:2132 words
וְסָמַךְwəsāmaḵəAnd prop
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אֶתʾet—
שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo
ידוydwHand
יָדָיוyādāywHand
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
הַשָּׂעִירhaśāʿîrThe shaggy
הַחַיhaḥayThe living
וְהִתְוַדָּהwəhitəwadāhAnd throw
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
אֶתʾet—
כָּלkālWhole
עֲוֺנֹתʿăwōnōtPerversity
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְאֶתwəʾet—
כָּלkālWhole
פִּשְׁעֵיהֶםpišəʿêhemRevolt
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
חַטֹּאתָםḥaṭōʾtāmOffence
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
אֹתָםʾōtām—
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
הַשָּׂעִירhaśāʿîrThe shaggy
וְשִׁלַּחwəšilaḥAnd send
בְּיַדbəyadIn hand
אִישׁʾîšMan
עִתִּיʿitîTimely
הַמִּדְבָּרָהhamidəbārāhThe pasture
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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