Numbers 19:6
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אֶרֶז
ʼerez
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
שָׁנִי
shânîy
crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עֶגְלָה
ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Key Terms in This Verse
עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Study H5697 →שָׁנִי shânîy
crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
Study H8144 →כֹּהֵן kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Study H3548 →Cross References
Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
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