Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 8:7 Interlinear

And thus shalt thou do and so make themselves clean them Sprinkle water of purifying upon them and let them shave all their flesh and let them wash their clothes and so make themselves clean

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְכֹֽהH3541properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
2תַעֲשֶׂ֤הH6213And thus shalt thou doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
3לָהֶם֙H0
4וְהִטֶּהָֽרוּ׃H2891and so make themselves cleanto be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
5הַזֵּ֥הH5137them Sprinkleto spirt, i.e., besprinkle (especially in expiation)
6עֲלֵיהֶ֖םH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7מֵ֣יH4325waterwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
8חַטָּ֑אתH2403of purifyingan offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
9וְהֶֽעֱבִ֤ירוּH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
10תַ֙עַר֙H8593upon them and let them shavea knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e., empty)
11עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
12כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
13בְּשָׂרָ֔םH1320all their fleshflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
14וְכִבְּס֥וּH3526and let them washto trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
15בִגְדֵיהֶ֖םH899their clothesa covering, i.e., clothing
16וְהִטֶּהָֽרוּ׃H2891and so make themselves cleanto be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)

Verse Context

Numbers 8:6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel...
Numbers 8:7 (current) And thus shalt thou do and so make themselves clean them Sprinkle water of purifying upon them and let them shave all their flesh and let them wash their clothes and so make themselves clean
Numbers 8:8Then let them take bullock a young with his meat offering even fine flour...

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