Leviticus 17:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the Lord.”

Leviticus 17:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 17:526 words

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָבִיאוּyāvîʾûGo

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶתʾet—

זִבְחֵיהֶםzivəḥêhemSlaughter

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הֵםhēmThey

זֹבְחִיםzōvəḥîmSlaughter

עַלʿalAbove

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field

וֶהֱבִיאֻםwehĕvîʾumAnd go

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

אֶלʾelNear

פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening

אֹהֶלʾōhelTent

מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment

אֶלʾelNear

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

וְזָבְחוּwəzāvəḥûAnd slaughter

זִבְחֵיzivəḥêSlaughter

שְׁלָמִיםšəlāmîmRequital

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

אוֹתָםʾwōtām—

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

Word-by-word meanings

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָבִיאוּyāvîʾûGo

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

זִבְחֵיהֶםzivəḥêhemSlaughter

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הֵםhēmThey

זֹבְחִיםzōvəḥîmSlaughter

עַלʿalAbove

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field

וֶהֱבִיאֻםwehĕvîʾumAnd go

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

אֶלʾelNear

פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening

אֹהֶלʾōhelTent

מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment

אֶלʾelNear

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

וְזָבְחוּwəzāvəḥûAnd slaughter

זִבְחֵיzivəḥêSlaughter

שְׁלָמִיםšəlāmîmRequital

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

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