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He presentedוַיַּקְרֵבthe secondהַשֵּׁנִיram,הָאַיִלthe ramאֵילof ordination,הַמִּלֻּאִיםand Aaronוַ אַהֲרֹןand his sonsוּבָנָיוlaidיִּסְמְכוּtheir handsיְדֵיהֶםonעַלthe headרֹאשׁof the ram.הָאָיִל
Leviticus 8:22
Study it in the app“He presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 8:22, word by word
- He presentedיַּקְרֵבyakrev
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “yakrev” appears- the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- ramאַיִלayil
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “ayil” appears- of ordinationמִּלֻּאִיםmiluim
ordination
The ordination of the priests: the rite in which they were installed in office.
Where else “miluim” appears- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- laidיִּסְמְכוּyismchu
lay on
To rest a hand on an animal or person.
Where else “yismchu” appears- their handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears
The context
21The entrails and the legs he washed in water, and Moses offered up in smoke the whole ram on the altar; it was a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma, it was a fire offering to YHWH, as YHWH had commanded Moses.
22 · This verse (above)
23He slaughtered it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.