Leviticus 9:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.”

Leviticus 9:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 9:2418 words

וַתֵּצֵאwatēṣēʾAnd go

אֵשׁʾēšFire

מִלִּפְנֵיmilip̄ənêFrom to face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַתֹּאכַלwatōʾḵalAnd eat

עַלʿalAbove

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

אֶתʾet—

הָעֹלָהhāʿōlāhThe step

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַחֲלָבִיםhaḥălāvîmThe fat

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

כָּלkālWhole

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וַיָּרֹנּוּwayārōnûAnd creak

וַיִּפְּלוּwayipəlûAnd fall

עַלʿalAbove

פְּנֵיהֶםpənêhemFace

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֵּצֵאwatēṣēʾAnd go

אֵשׁʾēšFire

מִלִּפְנֵיmilip̄ənêFrom to face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַתֹּאכַלwatōʾḵalAnd eat

עַלʿalAbove

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעֹלָהhāʿōlāhThe step

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחֲלָבִיםhaḥălāvîmThe fat

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

כָּלkālWhole

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וַיָּרֹנּוּwayārōnûAnd creak

וַיִּפְּלוּwayipəlûAnd fall

עַלʿalAbove

פְּנֵיהֶםpənêhemFace

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