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They shall takeוְלָקְחוּsome ofמִןthe bloodהַדָּםand put itוְנָתְנוּonעַלthe twoשְׁתֵּיdoorpostsהַמְּזוּזֹתand onוְעַלthe lintelהַמַּשְׁקוֹףofעַלthe housesהַבָּתִּיםin whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהֶםthey eatיֹאכְלוּit.אֹתוֹ
Exodus 12:7
Study it in the app“They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.”
The lamb's blood on the doorposts spares Israel on the night of PassoverThe Cross
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Exodus 12:7, word by word
- They shall takeלָקְחוּlakchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakchu” appears- the bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- and put itנָתְנוּnatnu
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natnu” appears- the twoשְׁתֵּיshete
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appears- doorpostsמְּזוּזֹתmezuzot
doorpost
Doorpost: each of the two side posts of a door frame.
Where else “mezuzot” appears- the lintelמַּשְׁקוֹףmashkof
lintel
Lintel: the top beam of the door frame.
Where else “mashkof” appears- the housesבָּתִּיםbatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “batim” appears- they eatיֹאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears
The context
6You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the community of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight.
7 · This verse (above)
8They shall eat the meat that night, roasted in fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.