Leviticus 16:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.”

Leviticus 16:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 16:2213 words

וְנָשָׂאwənāśāʾAnd lift

הַשָּׂעִירhaśāʿîrThe shaggy

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

עֲוֺנֹתָםʿăwōnōtāmPerversity

אֶלʾelNear

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

גְּזֵרָהgəzērāhDesert

וְשִׁלַּחwəšilaḥAnd send

אֶתʾet—

הַשָּׂעִירhaśāʿîrThe shaggy

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְנָשָׂאwənāśāʾAnd lift

הַשָּׂעִירhaśāʿîrThe shaggy

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

עֲוֺנֹתָםʿăwōnōtāmPerversity

אֶלʾelNear

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

גְּזֵרָהgəzērāhDesert

וְשִׁלַּחwəšilaḥAnd send

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַשָּׂעִירhaśāʿîrThe shaggy

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

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