Exodus 29:37
For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
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ASV
Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
KJV
Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| שִׁבְעַ֣ת | shiv.'At | seven | H7651 → |
| יָמִ֗ים | ya.Mim | days | H3117 → |
| תְּכַפֵּר֙ | te.kha.Per | you will make atonement | H3722 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ | ha.miz.Be.ach | the altar | H4196 → |
| וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֖ | ve.ki.dash.Ta | and you will consecrate | H6942 → |
| אֹת֑וֹ | 'o.To | <obj.> it | H853 → |
| וְהָיָ֤ה | ve.ha.Yah | and it will be | H1961 → |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ | ha.miz.Be.ach | the altar | H4196 → |
| קֹ֣דֶשׁ | Ko.desh | holiness of | H6944 → |
| קָֽדָשִׁ֔ים | ka.da.Shim | holiness<es> | H6944 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ | ha.no.Ge.a' | <the> [thing which] touches | H5060 → |
| בַּמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ | ba.miz.Be.ach | <in> the altar | H4196 → |
| יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃ ס | yik.Dash | it will be holy | H6942 → |
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