Leviticus 6:13 Go deeper

The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out. (KJV)

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אֵ֗שׁ'Esha fire

Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: fire

Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Leviticus 6:13 word 1

תָּמִ֛ידta.Midcontinually

Lemma: תָּמִיד (ta.mid) · Strong's: H8548

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: continually

Used 104 times. Also: Exodus 25:30, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 28:29, Exodus 28:30, Exodus 28:38, Exodus 29:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8548; TAHOT Leviticus 6:13 word 2

תּוּקַ֥דtu.Kadit will burn

Lemma: יָקַד (ya.qad) · Strong's: H3344

Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVHi3fs)

Meaning: to burn

Used 9 times. Also: Leviticus 6:9, Leviticus 6:12, Deuteronomy 32:22, Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 30:14, Isaiah 65:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3344; TAHOT Leviticus 6:13 word 3

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Leviticus 6:13 word 4

הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַha.miz.Be.achthe altar

Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach) · Strong's: H4196

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: altar

Used 399 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4196; TAHOT Leviticus 6:13 word 5

לֹ֥אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Leviticus 6:13 word 6

תִכְבֶֽה\׃\ \סtikh.Vehit will be extinguished

Lemma: כָּבָה (ka.vah) · Strong's: H3518

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to quench

Used 24 times. Also: Leviticus 6:12, 1 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 14:7, 2 Samuel 21:17, 2 Kings 22:17, 2 Chronicles 29:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3518; TAHOT Leviticus 6:13 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The fire	→	אֵשׁ H0784 fire
shall be kept burning	→	יָקַד H3344 to burn
on	→	עַל H5921A upon
the altar	→	מִזְבֵּחַ H4196 altar
continually	→	תָּמִיד H8548 continually
it must not	→	לֹא H3808 not
be extinguished	→	כָּבָה H3518 to quench

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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