Numbers 8:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.”

Numbers 8:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 8:1218 words

וְהַלְוִיִּםwəhaləwîmAnd the Levite

יִסְמְכוּyisəməḵûProp

אֶתʾet—

יְדֵיהֶםyədêhemHand

עַלʿalAbove

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

הַפָּרִיםhapārîmThe bullock

וַעֲשֵׂהwaʿăśēhAnd do

אֶתʾet—

הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united

חַטָּאתḥaṭāʾtOffence

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united

עֹלָהʿōlāhStep

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

לְכַפֵּרləḵapērTo cover

עַלʿalAbove

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהַלְוִיִּםwəhaləwîmAnd the Levite

יִסְמְכוּyisəməḵûProp

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְדֵיהֶםyədêhemHand

עַלʿalAbove

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

הַפָּרִיםhapārîmThe bullock

וַעֲשֵׂהwaʿăśēhAnd do

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united

חַטָּאתḥaṭāʾtOffence

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united

עֹלָהʿōlāhStep

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

לְכַפֵּרləḵapērTo cover

עַלʿalAbove

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

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