and he offered up in smokeוַיַּקְטֵרon itעָלָיוfragrantסַמִּיםincense,קְטֹרֶתasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהMoses.אֶת מֹשֶׁה
Exodus 40:27
Study it in the app“and he offered up in smoke on it fragrant incense, as YHWH had commanded Moses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 40:27, word by word
- and he offered up in smokeיַּקְטֵרyakter
burn up
To send up the sacrifice as smoke on the altar.
Where else “yakter” appears- fragrantסַמִּיםsamim
fragrant spices
Fragrant spices from which the incense was made.
Where else “samim” appears- incenseקְטֹרֶתketoret
incense
Incense: a mixture of spices burned to give sweet-smelling smoke; also the smoke of a burned sacrifice.
Where else “ketoret” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears
The context
26And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,
27 · This verse (above)
28And he put the screen of the entrance for the dwelling.