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Leviticus 8:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.


Leviticus 8:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 8:1523 words
וַיִּשְׁחָטwayišəḥāṭAnd slaughter
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֶתʾet
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
עַלʿalAbove
קַרְנוֹתqarənwōtHorn
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle
בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹbəʾeṣəbāʿwōIn sieze
וַיְחַטֵּאwayəḥaṭēʾAnd miss
אֶתʾet
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
וְאֶתwəʾet
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
יָצַקyāṣaqPour out
אֶלʾelNear
יְסוֹדyəswōdFoundation
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּwayəqadəšēhûAnd be
לְכַפֵּרləḵapērTo cover
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁחָטwayišəḥāṭAnd slaughter
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
עַלʿalAbove
קַרְנוֹתqarənwōtHorn
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle
בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹbəʾeṣəbāʿwōIn sieze
וַיְחַטֵּאwayəḥaṭēʾAnd miss
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
יָצַקyāṣaqPour out
אֶלʾelNear
יְסוֹדyəswōdFoundation
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּwayəqadəšēhûAnd be
לְכַפֵּרləḵapērTo cover
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

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