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So Eleazarוַ אֶלְעָזָרthe priestהַכֹּהֵןtookיִּקַּחthe bronzeהַנְּחֹשֶׁתcensersאֵת מַחְתּוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרthose who were burnedהַשְּׂרֻפִיםhad presented,הִקְרִיבוּand they hammered themוַיְרַקְּעוּםinto a coveringצִפּוּיfor the altar,לַמִּזְבֵּחַ
Numbers 16:39
Study it in the app“So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that those who were burned had presented, and they hammered them into a covering for the altar,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:39, word by word
- So Eleazarאֶלְעָזָרelazar
Eleazar
Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.
Where else “elazar” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- the bronzeנְּחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears- censersמַחְתּוֹתmachtot
firepan
A pan for coals or incense.
Where else “machtot” appears- those who were burnedשְּׂרֻפִיםserufim
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “serufim” appears- had presentedהִקְרִיבוּhikrivu
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “hikrivu” appears- and they hammered themיְרַקְּעוּyeraku
beat out
To pound metal until thin.
Where else “yeraku” appears- into a coveringצִפּוּיtsipuy
overlay
Metal overlay.
Where else “tsipuy” appears- for the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears
The context
38the censers of these sinners at the cost of their lives. And let them make them into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they presented them before YHWH, and they became holy; and they shall be a sign to the sons of Israel.”
39 · This verse (above)
40a memorial for the sons of Israel, so that no stranger, who is not of the offspring of Aaron, should come near to burn incense before YHWH, and not become like Korah and like his community, as YHWH said to him through Moses.