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He slaughteredוַיִּשְׁחַטthe burnt offering,הָעֹלָהand the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Aaronאַהֲרֹןhandedיַּמְצִאוּthe bloodהַדָּםto him,אֵלָיוand he splashed itוַיִּזְרְקֵהוּagainstעַלthe altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַall around.סָבִיב
Leviticus 9:12
Study it in the app“He slaughtered the burnt offering, and the sons of Aaron handed the blood to him, and he splashed it against the altar all around.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 9:12, word by word
- He slaughteredיִּשְׁחַטyishchat
slaughter
To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.
Where else “yishchat” appears- the burnt offeringעֹלָהola
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appears- and the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- handedיַּמְצִאוּyamtsiu
be present
To be present in a place, or to be enough.
Where else “yamtsiu” appears- the bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- and he splashed itיִּזְרְקֵyizrke
sprinkle, dash
Sprinkle, dash, throw (blood against the altar, water, dust); scatter.
Where else “yizrke” appears- the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
The context
11The flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.
12 · This verse (above)
13The burnt offering they handed to him in its pieces, with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar.