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The priestהַכֹּהֵןshall commandוְצִוָּהthat they slaughterוְשָׁחַטthe oneהָאֶחָתbirdהַצִּפּוֹרinאֶלan earthenחֶרֶשׂvesselכְּלִיoverעַלlivingחַיִּיםwater.מַיִם
Leviticus 14:5
Study it in the app“The priest shall command that they slaughter the one bird in an earthen vessel over living water.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 14:5, word by word
- The priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall commandצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- that they slaughterשָׁחַטshachat
slaughter
To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.
Where else “shachat” appears- the oneאֶחָתechat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appears- birdצִּפּוֹרtsipor
bird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsipor” appears- an earthenחֶרֶשׂcheres
earthenware
Baked clay, earthenware; a piece of pottery.
Where else “cheres” appears- vesselכְּלִיkeli
vessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “keli” appears- livingחַיִּיםchayim
raw
Literally "living": running water, uncooked meat.
Where else “chayim” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears
Translation note
“Living water” is water from a spring or a river, water that flows, not stored water.
The context
4the priest shall command that they take for the one being purified two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
5 · This verse (above)
6The living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the living water.