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Leviticus 22:27 — King James Version← Study notes

When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord.


Leviticus 22:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 22:2719 words
שׁוֹרšwōrBullock
אוֹʾwōDesire
כֶשֶׂבḵeśevYoung sheep
אוֹʾwōDesire
עֵזʿēzShe-goat
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִוָּלֵדyiûlēdBear young
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וּמִיּוֹםûmîwōmAnd from day
הַשְּׁמִינִיhašəmînîThe eight
וָהָלְאָהwāhāləʾāhAnd distance
יֵרָצֶהyērāṣehBe pleased with
לְקָרְבַּןləqārəbanTo brought near
אִשֶּׁהʾišehBurnt-offering
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

שׁוֹרšwōrBullock
אוֹʾwōDesire
כֶשֶׂבḵeśevYoung sheep
אוֹʾwōDesire
עֵזʿēzShe-goat
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִוָּלֵדyiûlēdBear young
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וּמִיּוֹםûmîwōmAnd from day
הַשְּׁמִינִיhašəmînîThe eight
וָהָלְאָהwāhāləʾāhAnd distance
יֵרָצֶהyērāṣehBe pleased with
לְקָרְבַּןləqārəbanTo brought near
אִשֶּׁהʾišehBurnt-offering
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

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