Leviticus 9:8 Go deeper
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Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. (KJV)
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וַיִּקְרַ֥בvai.yik.Ravand he drew near
Lemma: קָרַב (qa.rav) · Strong's: H7126G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to present: come
Used 112 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 27:41, Genesis 37:18, Genesis 47:29, Exodus 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7126G; TAHOT Leviticus 9:8 word 1
אַהֲרֹ֖ן'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 9:8 word 2
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Leviticus 9:8 word 3
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַha.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 9:8 word 4
וַיִּשְׁחַ֛טvai.yish.Chatand he cut [the] throat of
Lemma: שָׁחַט (sha.chat) · Strong's: H7819A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to slaughter
Used 79 times. Also: Genesis 22:10, Genesis 37:31, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 29:11, Exodus 29:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7819A; TAHOT Leviticus 9:8 word 5
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
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 9:8 word 6
עֵ֥גֶל'E.gel[the] male calf of
Lemma: עֵ֫גֶל (e.gel) · Strong's: H5695
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: calf
Used 35 times. Also: Exodus 32:4, Exodus 32:8, Exodus 32:19, Exodus 32:20, Exodus 32:24, Exodus 32:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5695; TAHOT Leviticus 9:8 word 7
הַחַטָּ֖אתha.cha.Tatthe sin offering
Lemma: חַטָּאת (chat.tat) · Strong's: H2403H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: sin: sin offering
Used 120 times. Also: Exodus 29:14, Exodus 29:36, Exodus 30:10, Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 4:8, Leviticus 4:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2403H; TAHOT Leviticus 9:8 word 8
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-which
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Leviticus 9:8 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So Aaron | → | אַהֲרֹן H0175 Aaron |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| approached | → | קָרַב H7126G to present: come |
| the altar | → | מִזְבֵּחַ H4196 altar |
| and slaughtered | → | שָׁחַט H7819A to slaughter |
| the calf | → | עֵ֫גֶל H5695 calf |
| as a sin offering | → | חַטָּאת H2403H sin: sin offering |
| for himself | → |
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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