Leviticus 4:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord.”

Leviticus 4:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 4:1515 words

וְסָמְכוּwəsāməḵûAnd prop

זִקְנֵיziqənêOld

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

אֶתʾet—

יְדֵיהֶםyədêhemHand

עַלʿalAbove

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

הַפָּרhapārThe bullock

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וְשָׁחַטwəšāḥaṭAnd slaughter

אֶתʾet—

הַפָּרhapārThe bullock

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְסָמְכוּwəsāməḵûAnd prop

זִקְנֵיziqənêOld

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְדֵיהֶםyədêhemHand

עַלʿalAbove

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

הַפָּרhapārThe bullock

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וְשָׁחַטwəšāḥaṭAnd slaughter

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַפָּרhapārThe bullock

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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