Leviticus 4:34

Webster's Bible (1833)

The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלָקַ֨ח הַכֹּהֵ֜ן מִדַּ֤ם הַֽחַטָּאת֙ בְּאֶצְבָּע֔וֹ וְנָתַ֕ן עַל־קַרְנֹ֖ת מִזְבַּ֣ח הָעֹלָ֑ה וְאֶת־כָּל־דָּמָ֣הּ יִשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ אֶל־יְס֖וֹד הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

Transliteration

wə-lāqaḥ the kōhēn from-dam the-ḥaṭṭā't with-'eṣba' his wə-nātan upon-qarnōt mizbaḥ the-'ōlāh wə-'et-all-dāmāh yišpōk to-yəsōd the-mizbeaḥ

Grammar Details

• *wə-lāqaḥ*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall take
• *kōhēn*: noun, masculine singular construct - priest
• *dam*: noun, masculine singular construct - blood of
• *ḥaṭṭā't*: noun, feminine singular - sin offering
• *'eṣba'*: noun, feminine singular - finger
• *wə-nātan*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall put
• *qarnōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - horns of
• *mizbaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - altar of
• *'ōlāh*: noun, feminine singular - burnt offering
• *wə-'et*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *dāmāh*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its blood (referring to the sin offering)
• *yišpōk*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall pour out
• *yəsōd*: noun, masculine singular construct - foundation/base of
• *mizbeaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - altar

Word Meanings

• *lāqaḥ*: take/receive/fetch
• *kōhēn*: priest/one who officiates at the altar
• *dam*: blood/lifeblood
• *ḥaṭṭā't*: sin offering/sin
• *'eṣba'*: finger/digit
• *nātan*: give/put/place/set
• *qarnōt*: horns/projections at corners
• *mizbaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
• *'ōlāh*: burnt offering/that which ascends
• *yišpōk*: pour out/spill/shed
• *yəsōd*: foundation/base/foot

Referenced Verses

• Lev 4:7 : 7 The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of meeting; and he shall pour out all the blood of the bull out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
• Lev 4:25 : 25 The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
• Lev 4:30 : 30 The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
• Isa 42:21 : 21 It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
• John 17:19 : 19 For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
• Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
• Rom 10:4 : 4 For Christ is the fulfillment{or, completion, or end} of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• Heb 10:29 : 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
• 1 Pet 1:18-20 : 18 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, the blood of Christ; 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of times for your sake,
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;