Leviticus 4:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַן֩ הַכֹּהֵ֨ן מִן־הַדָּ֜ם עַל־קַ֠רְנוֹת מִזְבַּ֨ח קְטֹ֤רֶת הַסַּמִּים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְאֵ֣ת ׀ כָּל־דַּ֣ם הַפָּ֗ר יִשְׁפֹּךְ֙ אֶל־יְסוֹד֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח הָעֹלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

Transliteration

wə-nātan hakkōhēn min-haddām ʿal-qarnôt mizbaḥ qəṭōret hassammîm lipnê YHWH ʾăšer bəʾōhel môʿēd wəʾēt kol-dam happār yišpōk ʾel-yəsôd mizbaḥ hāʿōlāh ʾăšer-petaḥ ʾōhel môʿēd

Grammar Details

• *wə-nātan*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall put
• *hakkōhēn*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the priest
• *min-haddām*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - from the blood
• *ʿal-qarnôt*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct - on horns of
• *mizbaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - altar of
• *qəṭōret*: noun, feminine singular construct - incense of
• *hassammîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the spices
• *lipnê YHWH*: preposition + proper noun - before Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾăšer bəʾōhel môʿēd*: relative pronoun + preposition + noun construct chain - which is in tent of meeting
• *wəʾēt kol-dam*: conjunction + direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct - and all blood of
• *happār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the bull
• *yišpōk*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall pour
• *ʾel-yəsôd*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to base of
• *hāʿōlāh*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the burnt offering
• *ʾăšer-petaḥ*: relative pronoun + noun, masculine singular construct - which is at entrance of
• *ʾōhel môʿēd*: noun construct chain - tent of meeting

Word Meanings

• *nātan*: put/place/set
• *qarnôt*: horns/projections
• *mizbaḥ*: altar
• *qəṭōret*: incense/smoke
• *sammîm*: spices/aromatics
• *yišpōk*: pour out/spill
• *yəsôd*: foundation/base
• *ʿōlāh*: burnt offering/that which goes up

Referenced Verses

• Lev 8:15 : 15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
• Lev 9:9 : 9 And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar:
• Lev 16:18 : 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before Jehovah, and make atonement for it, and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
• Lev 4:18 : 18 And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before Jehovah, that is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
• Lev 4:34 : 34 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.
• Lev 5:9 : 9 and he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin-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.
• Ps 118:27 : 27 Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
• Eph 2:13 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
• Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
• Heb 9:21 : 21 Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood.
• Exod 30:1-9 : 1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the crown thereof; upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them; and they shall be for places for staves wherewith to bear it. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it. 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering; and ye shall pour no drink-offering thereon. 10 And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement for it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto Jehovah.