You shall takeוְלָקַחְתָּthe otherהַשֵּׁנִיram,אֵת הָאַיִלand Aaronוְ אַהֲרֹןand his sonsוּבָנָיוshall layסָמַךְtheir handsאֶת יְדֵיהֶםonעַלthe headרֹאשׁof the ram.הָאָיִל
Exodus 29:19
Study it in the app“You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 29:19, word by word
- You shall takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachta” appears- the otherשֵּׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- ramאַיִלayil
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “ayil” appears- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- shall layסָמַךְsamach
lay on
To rest a hand on an animal or person.
Where else “samach” appears- their handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears
The context
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.
19 · This verse (above)
20You shall slaughter the ram and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of Aaron and on the lobe of the ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and splash the blood on the altar all around.