Exodus 29:17

“You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and with its head.”

Exodus 29:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 29:17, word by word

You shall cutתְּנַתֵּחַtenateach

cut in pieces

Cut into pieces, cut up an animal.

Where else “tenateach” appears
the ramאַיִלayil

ram

A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.

Where else “ayil” appears
into its piecesנְתָחָיnetachay

piece

A piece, a cut of meat.

Where else “netachay” appears
and washרָחַצְתָּrachatsta

wash

Wash; wash oneself, bathe.

Where else “rachatsta” appears
its entrailsקִרְבּkirb

entrails

The organs inside the animal, its guts.

Where else “kirb” appears
and its legsכְרָעָיcheraay

legs

Legs (of an animal or of a locust), the lower part of the leg.

Where else “cheraay” appears
and put themנָתַתָּnatata

put

To place something somewhere.

Where else “natata” appears
its headרֹאשׁrosh

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

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The context

16You shall slaughter the ram and take its blood and splash it on the altar all around.

17 · This verse (above)

18You shall offer up in smoke the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to YHWH, a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to YHWH it is.

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