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Leviticus 23:40 — King James Version← Study notes

And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.


Leviticus 23:40Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 23:4020 words
וּלְקַחְתֶּםûləqaḥətemAnd take
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הָרִאשׁוֹןhāriʾšwōnThe first
פְּרִיpərîFruit
עֵץʿēṣTree
הָדָרhādārMagnificence
כַּפֹּתkapōtHollow hand
תְּמָרִיםtəmārîmPalm
וַעֲנַףwaʿănap̄And twig
עֵץʿēṣTree
עָבֹתʿāvōtIntwined
וְעַרְבֵיwəʿarəvêAnd willow
נָחַלnāḥalStream
וּשְׂמַחְתֶּםûśəmaḥətemAnd brighten
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּלְקַחְתֶּםûləqaḥətemAnd take
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הָרִאשׁוֹןhāriʾšwōnThe first
פְּרִיpərîFruit
עֵץʿēṣTree
הָדָרhādārMagnificence
כַּפֹּתkapōtHollow hand
תְּמָרִיםtəmārîmPalm
וַעֲנַףwaʿănap̄And twig
עֵץʿēṣTree
עָבֹתʿāvōtIntwined
וְעַרְבֵיwəʿarəvêAnd willow
נָחַלnāḥalStream
וּשְׂמַחְתֶּםûśəmaḥətemAnd brighten
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay

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