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And toוְאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyou shall speak,תְּדַבֵּרsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Thisזֶהshall beיִהְיֶהa holyקֹדֶשׁanointingמִשְׁחַתoilשֶׁמֶןfor meלִיthroughout your generations.לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם
Exodus 30:31
Study it in the app“And to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil for me throughout your generations.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 30:31, word by word
- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- you shall speakתְּדַבֵּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- a holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- anointingמִשְׁחַתmishchat
anointing
The oil poured on someone to set them apart for God.
Where else “mishchat” appears- oilשֶׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- throughout your generationsדֹרֹתֵיdorote
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorote” appears
The context
30Aaron and his sons you shall anoint and consecrate them to serve as priests for me.
31 · This verse (above)
32On the flesh of a human being it shall not be poured, and with its formula you shall not make any like it; it is holy; holy it shall be to you.