Numbers 8:12
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.”
חַטָּאָה
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
סָמַךְ
they will lay
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סָמַךְ
to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
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רֹאשׁ
the head of
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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יָד
hands/ their
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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עֹלָה
a burnt offering
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עֹלָה
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
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