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Leviticus 4:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, even before the vail.


Leviticus 4:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 4:1713 words
וְטָבַלwəṭāvalAnd dip
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
אֶצְבָּעוֹʾeṣəbāʿwōSieze
מִןminPart
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
וְהִזָּהwəhizāhAnd spirt
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
פְּעָמִיםpəʿāmîmStroke
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵתʾētNearness
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הַפָּרֹכֶתhapārōḵetThe separatrix
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְטָבַלwəṭāvalAnd dip
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
אֶצְבָּעוֹʾeṣəbāʿwōSieze
מִןminPart
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
וְהִזָּהwəhizāhAnd spirt
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
פְּעָמִיםpəʿāmîmStroke
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵתʾētNearness
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הַפָּרֹכֶתhapārōḵetThe separatrix

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