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Leviticus 3:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.


Leviticus 3:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 3:218 words
וְסָמַךְwəsāmaḵəAnd prop
יָדוֹyādwōHand
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
קָרְבָּנוֹqārəbānwōBrought near
וּשְׁחָטוֹûšəḥāṭwōAnd slaughter
פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
וְזָרְקוּwəzārəqûAnd sprinkle
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakōhănîmThe officiating
אֶתʾet
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
עַלʿalAbove
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְסָמַךְwəsāmaḵəAnd prop
יָדוֹyādwōHand
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
קָרְבָּנוֹqārəbānwōBrought near
וּשְׁחָטוֹûšəḥāṭwōAnd slaughter
פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
וְזָרְקוּwəzārəqûAnd sprinkle
בְּנֵיbənêSon
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakōhănîmThe officiating
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
עַלʿalAbove
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle

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