Leviticus 4:33

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְסָמַךְ֙ אֶת־יָד֔וֹ עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הַֽחַטָּ֑את וְשָׁחַ֤ט אֹתָהּ֙ לְחַטָּ֔את בִּמְק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשְׁחַ֖ט אֶת־הָעֹלָֽה׃

Transliteration

And he shall sāmak ʾet-yādô upon rōʾš haḥaṭṭāʾt and šāḥaṭ ʾōtāh for ḥaṭṭāʾt in məqôm where he yišḥaṭ ʾet-hāʿōlâ

Grammar Details

• *wəsāmak*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he shall lay'
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *yādô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his hand'
• *ʿal*: preposition - 'upon'
• *rōʾš*: masculine singular construct - 'head of'
• *haḥaṭṭāʾt*: definite article + feminine singular noun - 'the sin offering'
• *wəšāḥaṭ*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he shall slaughter'
• *ʾōtāh*: direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix - 'it'
• *ləḥaṭṭāʾt*: preposition + feminine singular noun - 'for sin offering'
• *biməqôm*: preposition + masculine singular noun - 'in place'
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - 'where'
• *yišḥaṭ*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'he slaughters'
• *hāʿōlâ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - 'the burnt offering'

Word Meanings

• *sāmak*: lay/press/lean
• *yādô*: his hand
• *rōʾš*: head/top
• *haḥaṭṭāʾt*: the sin offering/purification offering
• *šāḥaṭ*: slaughter/kill/butcher
• *ḥaṭṭāʾt*: sin offering/purification offering
• *məqôm*: place/location/spot
• *yišḥaṭ*: slaughters/kills/butchers
• *hāʿōlâ*: the burnt offering/the holocaust

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he shall lay{H5564} his hand{H3027} upon the head{H7218} of the sin-offering,{H2403} and kill{H7819} it for a sin-offering{H2403} in the place{H4725} where they kill{H7819} the burnt-offering.{H2403}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he shall lay{H5564}{(H8804)} his hand{H3027} upon the head{H7218} of the sin offering{H2403}, and slay{H7819}{(H8804)} it for a sin offering{H2403} in the place{H4725} where they kill{H7819}{(H8799)} the burnt offering{H5930}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and laye his hande apon the heed of the synneofferynge and slee it in the place where the burntoffrynges are slayne.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and laye his hande vpon the heade of the synofferynge, & kyll it for a synofferynge, in the place where the burntofferynges are slayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And shall lay his hand vpon the head of the sinne offring, and hee shall slay it for a sinne offring in the place where hee shoulde kill the burnt offring.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And lay his hande vpon the head of the sinne offeryng, and slea it for a sinne offering in the place where they kill the burnt offeryng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he hath laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and hath slaughtered it for a sin-offering in the place where he slaughtereth the burnt-offering.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill it for a sin-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill it for a sin-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he is to put his hand on the head of the offering and put it to death for a sin-offering in the place where they put to death the burned offering.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He must lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it for a sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 4:4 : 4 And he shall bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, and shall lay his hand upon the bull's head, and kill the bull before the LORD.
• Lev 4:29-31 : 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30 And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all its blood at the base of the altar. 31 And he shall take away all its fat, as the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet aroma to the LORD; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.