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And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. (KJV)
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וַיִּצֹק֙vai.yi.Tzokand he poured
Lemma: יָצַק (ya.tsaq) · Strong's: H3332G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to pour: pour
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, Exodus 29:7, Leviticus 2:1, Leviticus 2:6, Leviticus 8:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3332G; TAHOT Leviticus 8:12 word 1
מִשֶּׁ֣מֶןmi.She.mensome of [the] oil of
Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶן (she.men) · Strong's: H8081
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: oil
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, Exodus 25:6, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 29:2, Exodus 29:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8081; TAHOT Leviticus 8:12 word 2
הַמִּשְׁחָ֔הha.mish.Chah<the> anointing
Lemma: מִשְׁחָה (mish.chah) · Strong's: H4888A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: anointing
Used 25 times. Also: Exodus 25:6, Exodus 29:7, Exodus 29:21, Exodus 29:29, Exodus 30:25, Exodus 30:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4888A; TAHOT Leviticus 8:12 word 3
עַ֖ל'alon
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 8:12 word 4
רֹ֣אשׁrosh[the] head of
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: head
Used 282 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218A; TAHOT Leviticus 8:12 word 5
אַהֲרֹ֑ן'a.ha.RonAaron
Lemma: אַהֲרֹן (a.ha.ron) · Strong's: H0175
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Aaron
Used 347 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Exodus 4:27, Exodus 4:28, Exodus 4:29, Exodus 4:30, Exodus 5:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0175; TAHOT Leviticus 8:12 word 6
וַיִּמְשַׁ֥חvai.yim.Shachand he anointed
Lemma: מָשַׁח (ma.shach) · Strong's: H4886
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to anoint
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 31:13, Exodus 28:41, Exodus 29:2, Exodus 29:7, Exodus 29:36, Exodus 30:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4886; TAHOT Leviticus 8:12 word 7
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> him
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Leviticus 8:12 word 8
לְקַדְּשֽׁוֹ\׃le.ka.de.Shoto set apart as holy him
Lemma: קָדַשׁ (qa.dash) · Strong's: H6942G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to consecrate: consecate
Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 2:3, Exodus 19:10, Exodus 19:14, Exodus 19:22, Exodus 19:23, Exodus 20:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6942G; TAHOT Leviticus 8:12 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He also poured | → | יָצַק H3332G to pour: pour |
| some of the anointing | → | מִשְׁחָה H4888A anointing |
| oil | → | שֶׁ֫מֶן H8081 oil |
| on | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| Aaron’s | → | אַהֲרֹן H0175 Aaron |
| head | → | רֹאשׁ H7218A head |
| and anointed | → | מָשַׁח H4886 to anoint |
| him | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| to consecrate him | → | קָדַשׁ H6942G to consecrate: consecate |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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