Leviticus 8:22

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And he brought 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 a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
• Lev 8:29 : 29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• John 17:19 : 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
• Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
• Eph 5:27 : 27 That he might present it 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, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
• Exod 29:19-31 : 19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his 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 rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; 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 the unleavened bread that is before the LORD: 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. 25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part. 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: 28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD. 29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place. 31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
• Lev 7:37 : 37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;