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Numbers 8:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.


Numbers 8:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 8:2114 words
וַיִּתְחַטְּאוּwayitəḥaṭəʾûAnd miss
הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite
וַיְכַבְּסוּwayəḵabəsûAnd trample
בִּגְדֵיהֶםbigədêhemCovering
וַיָּנֶףwayānep̄And quiver
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אֹתָםʾōtām
תְּנוּפָהtənûp̄āhBrandishing
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיְכַפֵּרwayəḵapērAnd cover
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
לְטַהֲרָםləṭahărāmTo be pure
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּתְחַטְּאוּwayitəḥaṭəʾûAnd miss
הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite
וַיְכַבְּסוּwayəḵabəsûAnd trample
בִּגְדֵיהֶםbigədêhemCovering
וַיָּנֶףwayānep̄And quiver
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
תְּנוּפָהtənûp̄āhBrandishing
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיְכַפֵּרwayəḵapērAnd cover
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
לְטַהֲרָםləṭahărāmTo be pure

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