Leviticus 4:33

“He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where one slaughters the burnt offering.”

Leviticus 4:33 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 4:33, word by word

He shall layסָמַךְsamach

lay on

To rest a hand on an animal or person.

Where else “samach” appears
his handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears
the headרֹאשׁrosh

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

Where else “rosh” appears
of the sin offeringחַטָּאתchatat

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

Where else “chatat” appears
and slaughterשָׁחַטshachat

slaughter

To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.

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in the placeמְקוֹםmekom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “mekom” appears
the burnt offeringעֹלָהola

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

Where else “ola” appears

The context

32And if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect.

33 · This verse (above)

34The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.

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