Exodus 12:22

“Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the bowl, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with some of the blood that is in the bowl. As for you, none shall go out of the door of his house until morning.”
Exodus 12:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Takeוּלְקַחְתֶּםa bunchאֲגֻדַּתof hyssop,אֵזוֹבdip itוּטְבַלְתֶּםin the bloodבַּדָּםthatאֲשֶׁרis in the bowl,בַּסַּףand touchוְהִגַּעְתֶּםthe lintelאֶל הַמַּשְׁקוֹףandוְthe twoאֶל שְׁתֵּיdoorpostsהַמְּזוּזֹתwith some ofמִןthe bloodהַדָּםthatאֲשֶׁרis in the bowl.בַּסָּףAs for you,וְאַתֶּםnoneלֹא אִישׁshall go outתֵצְאוּof the doorמִפֶּתַחof his houseבֵּיתוֹuntilעַדmorning.בֹּקֶר

Context

Hyssop is a small plant: 1 Kings 4:33 puts it at the opposite end from the cedar. The law also uses it for sprinkling in purifications (Leviticus 14:4-7; Numbers 19:18).

Source: 1 Kings 4:33; Leviticus 14:4; Numbers 19:18

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Theme · John 19:29

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Both texts name hyssop: in Exodus 12:22, to put the blood on the door; in John 19:29, to bring the sponge with sour wine to Jesus.

The same term appears in both passages.

אֵזוֹבezovH231ὑσσώπῳhyssōpōiG5301“hyssop”

Exodus 12:22, word by word

Takeלְקַחְתֶּםlekachtem

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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a bunchאֲגֻדַּתagudat

bunch

Several things tied together.

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of hyssopאֵזוֹבezov

hyssop

Hyssop: a plant with small branches used like a brush for sprinkling.

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dip itטְבַלְתֶּםtevaltem

dip

Dip, plunge into a liquid.

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in the bloodדָּםdam

blood

The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.

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is in the bowlסַּףsaf

basin

An open vessel, of silver or gold, for drinking or for collecting a liquid.

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and touchהִגַּעְתֶּםhigatem

touch

To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.

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the lintelמַּשְׁקוֹףmashkof

lintel

Lintel: the top beam of the door frame.

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the twoשְׁתֵּיshete

both

The two together, both of them.

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doorpostsמְּזוּזֹתmezuzot

doorpost

Doorpost: each of the two side posts of a door frame.

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noneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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shall go outתֵצְאוּtetsu

go out

To go out of a place.

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of the doorפֶּתַחpetach

entrance, door

Entrance, doorway, door, opening.

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of his houseבֵּיתbet

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

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The context

21Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and take for yourselves animals of the flock for your families, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

22 · This verse (above)

23For YHWH will pass through to strike Egypt; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, YHWH will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

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