Leviticus 1:15
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מָלַק
mâlaq
to crack a joint; by implication, to wring the neck of afowl (without separating it)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
English grammatical function word ('wrung'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent i...
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Key Terms in This Verse
מָלַק mâlaq
to crack a joint; by implication, to wring the neck of afowl (without separating it)
Study H4454 →English grammatical function word ('wrung'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are requ...
Study GRAM →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →פֵּאָה pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Study H6285 →דָּם dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Study H1818 →כֹּהֵן kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Study H3548 →Cross References
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall...
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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