Leviticus 8:22

American Standard Version (1901)

And he presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּקְרֵב֙ אֶת־הָאַ֣יִל הַשֵּׁנִ֔י אֵ֖יל הַמִּלֻּאִ֑ים וַֽיִּסְמְכ֞וּ אַהֲרֹ֧ן וּבָנָ֛יו אֶת־יְדֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ הָאָֽיִל׃

Transliteration

And wayyaqrēḇ ʾeṯ-hāʾayil haššēnî ʾêl hammilluʾîm and wayyismḵû ʾAhărōn and ûḇānāw ʾeṯ-yəḏêhem upon-rōʾš hāʾāyil.

Grammar Details

• *wayyaqrēḇ*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he brought near
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *hāʾayil*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the ram
• *haššēnî*: definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular - the second
• *ʾêl*: construct state, masculine singular - ram of
• *hammilluʾîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the ordination/installation
• *wayyismḵû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they laid
• *ʾAhărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
• *ûḇānāw*: conjunction + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his sons
• *yəḏêhem*: feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their hands
• *rōʾš*: masculine singular construct - head of
• *hāʾāyil*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the ram

Word Meanings

• *wayyaqrēḇ*: brought near/presented/offered
• *ʾayil*: ram/male sheep
• *šēnî*: second/other
• *milluʾîm*: consecration/ordination/installation
• *wayyismḵû*: laid/pressed/leaned

Referenced Verses

• Lev 8:2 : 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;
• Lev 8:29 : 29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: it was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
• John 17:19 : 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
• Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
• Eph 5:27 : 27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
• Rev 1:5-6 : 5 and from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood; 6 and he made us [to be] a kingdom, [to be] priests unto his God and Father; to him [be] the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
• Exod 29:19-31 : 19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration), 23 and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Jehovah: 24 and thou shalt put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and shalt wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah. 25 And thou shalt take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar upon the burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before Jehovah: it is an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 26 And thou shalt take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: and it shall be thy portion. 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the thigh of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: 28 and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as [their] portion for ever from the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering: and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering unto Jehovah. 29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them. 30 Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place. 31 And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.
• Lev 7:37 : 37 This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meal-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offerings;