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And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. (KJV)
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וְלָקַ֣חve.la.Kachand he will take
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 1
הַכֹּהֵ֗ןha.ko.Henthe priest
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 2
עֵ֥ץ'etzwood of
Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: tree: wood
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6086G; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 3
אֶ֛רֶז'E.rezcedar
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶז (e.rez) · Strong's: H0730
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: cedar
Used 73 times. Also: Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:49, Leviticus 14:51, Leviticus 14:52, Numbers 24:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0730; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 4
וְאֵז֖וֹבve.'e.Zovand hyssop
Lemma: אֵזוֹב (e.zov) · Strong's: H0231
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: hyssop
Used 10 times. Also: Exodus 12:22, Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:49, Leviticus 14:51, Leviticus 14:52 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0231; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 5
וּשְׁנִ֣יu.she.Niand scarlet of
Lemma: שָׁנִי (sha.ni) · Strong's: H8144
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: scarlet
Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 38:28, Genesis 38:30, Exodus 25:4, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8144; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 6
תוֹלָ֑עַתto.La.'atscarlet stuff
Lemma: תּוֹלֵעָה (to.le.ah) · Strong's: H8438B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: worm
Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:16, Exodus 28:5, Exodus 28:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8438B; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 7
וְהִשְׁלִ֕יךְve.hish.Likhand he will throw [them]
Lemma: שָׁלַךְ (sha.lakh) · Strong's: H7993
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhq3ms)
Meaning: to throw
Used 125 times. Also: Genesis 21:15, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 37:24, Exodus 1:22, Exodus 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7993; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 8
אֶל\־'el-into
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 Numbers 19:6 word 9
תּ֖וֹךְTokh[the] middle of
Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: midst
Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 10
שְׂרֵפַ֥תse.re.Fat[the] burning of
Lemma: שְׂרֵפָה (se.re.phah) · Strong's: H8316
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: fire
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Leviticus 10:6, Numbers 16:37, Numbers 19:17, Deuteronomy 29:23, 2 Chronicles 16:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8316; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 11
הַפָּרָֽה\׃ha.pa.Rahthe heifer
Lemma: פָּרָה (pa.rah) · Strong's: H6510
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: heifer
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 32:15, Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:3, Genesis 41:4, Genesis 41:18, Genesis 41:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6510; TAHOT Numbers 19:6 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The priest | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| is to take | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| cedar | → | אֶ֫רֶז H0730 cedar |
| wood | → | עֵץ H6086G tree: wood |
| hyssop | → | אֵזוֹב H0231 hyssop |
| and scarlet wool | → | שָׁנִי H8144 scarlet |
| . . . | → | תּוֹלֵעָה H8438B worm |
| and throw | → | שָׁלַךְ H7993 to throw |
| them | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| onto | → | תָּ֫וֶךְ H8432 midst |
| the burning | → | שְׂרֵפָה H8316 fire |
| heifer | → | פָּרָה H6510 heifer |
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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