Leviticus 9:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the sons of Aaron brought 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 bottom of the altar:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַ֠יַּקְרִבוּ בְּנֵ֨י אַהֲרֹ֣ן אֶת־הַדָּם֮ אֵלָיו֒ וַיִּטְבֹּ֤ל אֶצְבָּעוֹ֙ בַּדָּ֔ם וַיִּתֵּ֖ן עַל־קַרְנ֣וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וְאֶת־הַדָּ֣ם יָצַ֔ק אֶל־יְס֖וֹד הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

Transliteration

wa-yaqribû bənê ʾAhărōn ʾet-the-dām to-him wa-yiṭbōl ʾeṣbāʿô in-the-dām wa-yittēn on-qarnôt the-mizbēaḥ and-ʾet-the-dām yāṣaq to-yəsôd the-mizbēaḥ

Grammar Details

• *wa-yaqribû*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they brought near
• *bənê*: masculine plural construct noun - sons of
• *ʾAhărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
• *dām*: masculine singular noun with definite article and direct object marker and conjunction waw - and the blood
• to-him: preposition el with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
• *wa-yiṭbōl*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he dipped
• *ʾeṣbāʿô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his finger
• *wa-yittēn*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he put/placed
• *qarnôt*: feminine plural construct noun with prefixed preposition al - on horns of
• *mizbēaḥ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the altar
• *yāṣaq*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he poured
• *yəsôd*: masculine singular construct noun with prefixed preposition el - to base of

Word Meanings

• *yaqribû*: brought near/presented/offered
• *yiṭbōl*: dipped/immersed
• *yittēn*: put/placed/applied
• *qarnôt*: horns/corners/projections
• *yāṣaq*: poured out/poured

Referenced Verses

• Lev 4:6-7 : 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest shall put [some] of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which [is] in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
• 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 the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
• Lev 9:12 : 12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
• Lev 9:18 : 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram [for] a sacrifice of peace offerings, which [was] for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
• Lev 16:18 : 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that [is] before the LORD, and make an 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.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 ¶ For it became him, for whom [are] all things, and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• Heb 9:22-23 : 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 ¶ [It was] therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
• Heb 10:4-9 : 4 For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 ¶ Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all]. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 [Whereof] the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 16 This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 18 Now where remission of these [is, there is] no more offering for sin. 19 ¶ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
• Lev 4:17-18 : 17 And the priest shall dip his finger [in some] of the blood, and sprinkle [it] seven times before the LORD, [even] before the vail. 18 And he shall put [some] of the blood upon the horns of the altar which [is] before the LORD, that [is] in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
• 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 shall pour out his blood at the bottom 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 shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.