{
"verseID": "Leviticus.16.2",
"source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה דַּבֵּר֮ אֶל־אַהֲרֹ֣ן אָחִיךָ֒ וְאַל־יָבֹ֤א בְכָל־עֵת֙ אֶל־הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ מִבֵּ֖ית לַפָּרֹ֑כֶת אֶל־פְּנֵ֨י הַכַּפֹּ֜רֶת אֲשֶׁ֤ר עַל־הָאָרֹן֙ וְלֹ֣א יָמ֔וּת כִּ֚י בֶּֽעָנָ֔ן אֵרָאֶ֖ה עַל־הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃",
"text": "*wə-yōʾmer* *YHWH* *ʾel*-*mōšeh*, *dabbēr* *ʾel*-*ʾahărōn* *ʾāḥîkā* *wə-ʾal*-*yābōʾ* *bə-kol*-*ʿēt* *ʾel*-*ha-qōdeš* *mi-bêt* *la-pārōket* *ʾel*-*pənê* *ha-kappōret* *ʾăšer* *ʿal*-*hā-ʾārōn* *wə-lōʾ* *yāmût* *kî* *be-ʿānān* *ʾērāʾeh* *ʿal*-*ha-kappōret*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to, toward",
"*mōšeh*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Moses",
"*dabbēr*": "Piel imperative, masculine singular - speak, tell",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to, toward",
"*ʾahărōn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron",
"*ʾāḥîkā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your brother",
"*wə-ʾal*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*yābōʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, jussive - let him come, he should come",
"*bə-kol*": "preposition + noun, construct - in all/any",
"*ʿēt*": "noun, feminine singular - time",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to, into",
"*ha-qōdeš*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the holy place",
"*mi-bêt*": "preposition + noun, construct - from inside, within",
"*la-pārōket*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to/before the veil/curtain",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to, toward",
"*pənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - face of, surface of",
"*ha-kappōret*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the mercy seat/cover",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which, that",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon, over",
"*hā-ʾārōn*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the ark",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*yāmût*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will die",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for, because",
"*be-ʿānān*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in/with/by cloud",
"*ʾērāʾeh*": "Niphal imperfect, 1st common singular - I will appear/be seen",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon, over",
"*ha-kappōret*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the mercy seat/cover"
},
"variants": {
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "said, spoke, commanded",
"*dabbēr*": "speak, tell, command",
"*ʾal*": "negative command marker - do not",
"*yābōʾ*": "come, enter, approach",
"*qōdeš*": "holy place, sanctuary, sacred area",
"*pārōket*": "veil, curtain, partition",
"*pənê*": "face, surface, presence",
"*kappōret*": "mercy seat, cover, atonement cover",
"*ʾārōn*": "ark, chest, box",
"*yāmût*": "die, perish",
"*ʿānān*": "cloud, smoke, vapor",
"*ʾērāʾeh*": "appear, be seen, reveal myself"
}
}