Thisוְזֶהis the thingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרyou shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהto themלָהֶםto consecrateלְקַדֵּשׁthemאֹתָםto serve as priestsלְכַהֵןfor me:לִיtakeלְקַחoneאֶחָדyoungבֶּןbullפַּר בָּקָרand twoוְ שְׁנַיִםramsאֵילִםwithout defect,תְּמִימִם
Exodus 29:1
Study it in the app“This is the thing that you shall do to them to consecrate them to serve as priests for me: take one young bull and two rams without defect,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 29:1, word by word
- is the thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- you shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- to consecrateקַדֵּשׁkadesh
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “kadesh” appears- to serve as priestsכַהֵןchahen
serve as priest
Serve as a priest.
Where else “chahen” appears- takeלְקַחlekach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lekach” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- youngבֶּןben
young
An animal's offspring, its little one.
Where else “ben” appears- bullפַּרpar
bull
Young bull, bullock.
Where else “par” appears- bullבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- and twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- ramsאֵילִםelim
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “elim” appears- without defectתְּמִימִםtemimim
without defect
Without defect, whole.
Where else “temimim” appears
Translation note
This rite of consecration is carried out in Leviticus 8.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil; of fine wheat flour you shall make them.