Leviticus 16:26
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
שָׂעִיר
sâʻîyr
shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
עֲזָאזֵל
ʻăzâʼzêl
goat of departure; the scapegoat
כָּבַס
kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
רָחַץ
râchats
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מַחֲנֶה
machăneh
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e...
Key Terms in This Verse
אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →כָּבַס kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
Study H3526 →מַחֲנֶה machăneh
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
Study H4264 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad ou...
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
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