Leviticus 16:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.”
Leviticus 16:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Leviticus 16:423 words
כְּתֹנֶתkətōnetShirt
בַּדbadThread
קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred
יִלְבָּשׁyiləbāšWrap around
וּמִכְנְסֵיûmiḵənəsêAnd drawers
בַדvadThread
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
עַלʿalAbove
בְּשָׂרוֹbəśārwōFlesh
וּבְאַבְנֵטûvəʾavənēṭAnd in belt
בַּדbadThread
יַחְגֹּרyaḥəgōrGird
וּבְמִצְנֶפֶתûvəmiṣənep̄etAnd in tiara
בַּדbadThread
יִצְנֹףyiṣənōp̄Wrap
בִּגְדֵיbigədêCovering
קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred
הֵםhēmThey
וְרָחַץwərāḥaṣAnd lave
בַּמַּיִםbamayimIn waters
אֶתʾet—
בְּשָׂרוֹbəśārwōFlesh
וּלְבֵשָׁםûləvēšāmAnd wrap around
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