Leviticus 4:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלָקַ֨ח הַכֹּהֵ֜ן מִדַּ֤ם הַֽחַטָּאת֙ בְּאֶצְבָּע֔וֹ וְנָתַ֕ן עַל־קַרְנֹ֖ת מִזְבַּ֣ח הָעֹלָ֑ה וְאֶת־כָּל־דָּמָ֣הּ יִשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ אֶל־יְס֖וֹד הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

Transliteration

wə-lāqaḥ the kōhēn from-dam the-ḥaṭṭā't with-'eṣba' his wə-nātan upon-qarnōt mizbaḥ the-'ōlāh wə-'et-all-dāmāh yišpōk to-yəsōd the-mizbeaḥ

Grammar Details

• *wə-lāqaḥ*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall take
• *kōhēn*: noun, masculine singular construct - priest
• *dam*: noun, masculine singular construct - blood of
• *ḥaṭṭā't*: noun, feminine singular - sin offering
• *'eṣba'*: noun, feminine singular - finger
• *wə-nātan*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall put
• *qarnōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - horns of
• *mizbaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - altar of
• *'ōlāh*: noun, feminine singular - burnt offering
• *wə-'et*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *dāmāh*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its blood (referring to the sin offering)
• *yišpōk*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall pour out
• *yəsōd*: noun, masculine singular construct - foundation/base of
• *mizbeaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - altar

Word Meanings

• *lāqaḥ*: take/receive/fetch
• *kōhēn*: priest/one who officiates at the altar
• *dam*: blood/lifeblood
• *ḥaṭṭā't*: sin offering/sin
• *'eṣba'*: finger/digit
• *nātan*: give/put/place/set
• *qarnōt*: horns/projections at corners
• *mizbaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
• *'ōlāh*: burnt offering/that which ascends
• *yišpōk*: pour out/spill/shed
• *yəsōd*: foundation/base/foot

Referenced Verses

• Lev 4:7 : 7 And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
• Lev 4:25 : 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering.
• Lev 4:30 : 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar.
• Isa 42:21 : 21 It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
• John 17:19 : 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
• Rom 10:4 : 4 For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 {G1063} Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• Heb 10:29 : 29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith {G1722} he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
• 1 Pet 1:18-20 : 18 knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, {G299} even the blood of Christ: 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also {G3958} suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;