Leviticus 8:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.”

Leviticus 8:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 8:2124 words

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַקֶּרֶבhaqerevThe nearest

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַכְּרָעַיִםhakərāʿayimThe leg

רָחַץrāḥaṣLave

בַּמָּיִםbamāyimIn waters

וַיַּקְטֵרwayaqəṭērAnd smoke

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

הָאַיִלhāʾayilThe strength

הַמִּזְבֵּחָהhamizəbēḥāhThe altar

עֹלָהʿōlāhStep

הוּאhûʾHe

לְרֵיחַlərêḥaTo odor

נִיחֹחַnîḥōḥaRestful

אִשֶּׁהʾišehBurnt-offering

הוּאhûʾHe

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַקֶּרֶבhaqerevThe nearest

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַכְּרָעַיִםhakərāʿayimThe leg

רָחַץrāḥaṣLave

בַּמָּיִםbamāyimIn waters

וַיַּקְטֵרwayaqəṭērAnd smoke

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הָאַיִלhāʾayilThe strength

הַמִּזְבֵּחָהhamizəbēḥāhThe altar

עֹלָהʿōlāhStep

הוּאhûʾHe

לְרֵיחַlərêḥaTo odor

נִיחֹחַnîḥōḥaRestful

אִשֶּׁהʾišehBurnt-offering

הוּאhûʾHe

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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