And Aaronוְ אַהֲרֹןshall layסָמַךְbothשְׁתֵּיhis handsאֶת יָדָיוonעַלthe headרֹאשׁof the liveהַחַיgoatהַשָּׂעִירand confessוְהִתְוַדָּהover itעָלָיוallאֶת כָּלthe iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand allוְאֶת כָּלtheir transgressions,פִּשְׁעֵיהֶםfor allלְכָלtheir sins;חַטֹּאתָםand he shall putוְנָתַןthemאֹתָםonעַלthe headרֹאשׁof the goatהַשָּׂעִירand send it awayוְשִׁלַּחinto the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּרָהby the handבְּיַדof a manאִישׁwho is ready.עִתִּי
Leviticus 16:21
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Leviticus 16:21, word by word
- And Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- shall layסָמַךְsamach
lay on
To rest a hand on an animal or person.
Where else “samach” appears- bothשְׁתֵּיshete
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appears- his handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- of the liveחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- goatשָּׂעִירsair
male goat
An adult male goat, often offered in sacrifice.
Where else “sair” appears- and confessהִתְוַדָּהhitvada
confess
To own aloud before God and others one's own sins.
Where else “hitvada” appears- the iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתavonot
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avonot” appears- of 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- their transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיpishe
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appears- their sinsחַטֹּאתָchatota
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatota” appears- and he shall putנָתַןnatan
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natan” appears- and send it awayשִׁלַּחshilach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilach” appears- into the wildernessמִּדְבָּרָmidbara
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbara” appears- of a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who is readyעִתִּיiti
appointed, ready
Ready, appointed for that moment. It appears only in Leviticus 16:21.
Where else “iti” appears
Translation note
John the Immerser said of Jesus: “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29); see also Isaiah 53:6.
The context
20And when he has finished making expiation for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat.
21 · This verse (above)
22And the goat shall carry on itself all their iniquities to a land cut off; and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.