Numbers 19:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger and sprinkle it directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלָקַ֞ח אֶלְעָזָ֧ר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן מִדָּמָ֖הּ בְּאֶצְבָּע֑וֹ וְהִזָּ֞ה אֶל־נֹ֨כַח פְּנֵ֧י אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵ֛ד מִדָּמָ֖הּ שֶׁ֥בַע פְּעָמִֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-lāqaḥ ʾElʿāzār ha-kōhēn mi-ddāmāh bə-ʾeṣbāʿô wə-hizzâ ʾel-nōḵaḥ pənê ʾōhel-môʿēḏ mi-ddāmāh šeḇaʿ pəʿāmîm

Grammar Details

• *wə-lāqaḥ*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall take
• *ʾElʿāzār*: proper noun - Eleazar
• *ha-kōhēn*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the priest
• *mi-ddāmāh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - from her blood
• *bə-ʾeṣbāʿô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with his finger
• *wə-hizzâ*: conjunction + verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall sprinkle
• *ʾel*: preposition - toward
• *nōḵaḥ*: preposition - opposite/in front of
• *pənê*: construct noun, common plural - face of
• *ʾōhel*-*môʿēḏ*: construct noun, masculine singular - tent of meeting
• *šeḇaʿ*: number, cardinal - seven
• *pəʿāmîm*: noun, feminine plural - times

Word Meanings

• *lāqaḥ*: take/receive/fetch
• *dām*: blood
• *hizzâ*: sprinkle/spatter
• *nōḵaḥ*: opposite/in front of/toward
• *ʾōhel*-*môʿēḏ*: tent of meeting/tabernacle of congregation

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Eleazar ye preast shall take of hir bloude vppon his fynger and sprynkle it streght towarde the tabernacle of witnesse.vij. tymes

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Eleasar ye prest shal take of hir bloude with his fynger, and sprenckle it seuen tymet straight towarde the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse, and cause the cow to be burnt before him,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then shall Eleazar the Priest take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle it before the Tabernacle of the Congregation seuen times,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And let Eleazar the priest take of her blood with his finger, and sprinckle it directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seuen tymes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And Eleazar the priest hath taken of its blood with his finger, and hath sprinkled over-against the front of the tent of meeting of her blood seven times;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then let Eleazar the priest take some of her blood on his finger, shaking the blood seven times in the direction of the front of the Tent of meeting:

• World English Bible (2000)

  and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times directly in front of the tent of meeting.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 4:17 : 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the veil.
• Lev 16:14 : 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
• Lev 4:6 : 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil of the sanctuary.
• Lev 16:19 : 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
• Heb 9:13-14 : 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh, 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Heb 12:24 : 24 To Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
• 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 Chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.