Whoeverאִישׁ אֲשֶׁרblendsיִרְקַחany like it,כָּמֹהוּor whoeverוַאֲשֶׁרputsיִתֵּןsome of itמִמֶּנּוּonעַלa stranger,זָרshall be cut offוְנִכְרַתfrom his people.’”מֵעַמָּיו
Exodus 30:33
Study it in the app“Whoever blends any like it, or whoever puts some of it on a stranger, shall be cut off from his people.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 30:33, word by word
- Whoeverאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- blendsיִרְקַחyirkach
blend perfume
Prepare perfumes or ointments; one who does it, a perfumer.
Where else “yirkach” appears- putsיִתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- a strangerזָרzar
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zar” appears- shall be cut offנִכְרַתnichrat
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrat” appears- from his people.’עַמָּיamay
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “amay” appears
Translation note
“Stranger”: one who is not a priest. “Be cut off from his people” is to be excluded from it; the text does not specify in what way.
The context
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.
33 · This verse (above)
34YHWH said to Moses, “Take for yourself fragrant spices: resin, onycha, and galbanum, fragrant spices with pure frankincense; in equal parts it shall be.