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Leviticus 4:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.


Leviticus 4:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 4:2517 words
וְלָקַחwəlāqaḥAnd take
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
מִדַּםmidamFrom blood
הַחַטָּאתhaḥaṭāʾtThe offence
בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹbəʾeṣəbāʿwōIn sieze
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
עַלʿalAbove
קַרְנֹתqarənōtHorn
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
הָעֹלָהhāʿōlāhThe step
וְאֶתwəʾet
דָּמוֹdāmwōBlood
יִשְׁפֹּךְyišəpōḵəSpill forth
אֶלʾelNear
יְסוֹדyəswōdFoundation
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
הָעֹלָהhāʿōlāhThe step
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקַחwəlāqaḥAnd take
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
מִדַּםmidamFrom blood
הַחַטָּאתhaḥaṭāʾtThe offence
בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹbəʾeṣəbāʿwōIn sieze
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
עַלʿalAbove
קַרְנֹתqarənōtHorn
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
הָעֹלָהhāʿōlāhThe step
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
דָּמוֹdāmwōBlood
יִשְׁפֹּךְyišəpōḵəSpill forth
אֶלʾelNear
יְסוֹדyəswōdFoundation
מִזְבַּחmizəbaḥAltar
הָעֹלָהhāʿōlāhThe step

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