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You shall slaughterוְשָׁחַטְתָּthe ramאֶת הָאָיִלand takeוְלָקַחְתָּits bloodאֶת דָּמוֹand splash itוְזָרַקְתָּonעַלthe altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַall around.סָבִיב
Exodus 29:16
Study it in the app“You shall slaughter the ram and take its blood and splash it on the altar all around.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 29:16, word by word
- You shall slaughterשָׁחַטְתָּshachatta
slaughter
To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.
Where else “shachatta” appears- the ramאָיִלayil
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “ayil” appears- and takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachta” appears- its bloodדָּמdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- and splash itזָרַקְתָּzarakta
sprinkle, dash
Sprinkle, dash, throw (blood against the altar, water, dust); scatter.
Where else “zarakta” appears- the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
The context
15Then you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
16 · This verse (above)
17You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and with its head.