Exodus

Exodus 30:7–8

⁷And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps. ⁸When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight,^c he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.

Footnotes

c 30:8 Hebrew between the two evenings

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Exodus 30:7

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֖ן	’a·hă·rōn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H175 Aaron
is to burn	וְהִקְטִ֥יר	wə·hiq·ṭîr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
fragrant	סַמִּ֑ים	sam·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5561 spice
incense	קְטֹ֣רֶת	qə·ṭō·reṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H7004 smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice, incense
on it	עָלָ֛יו	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
every morning	בַּבֹּ֣קֶר	bab·bō·qer	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1242 morning
when he tends	בְּהֵיטִיב֛וֹ	bə·hê·ṭî·ḇōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing
the lamps	הַנֵּרֹ֖ת	han·nê·rōṯ	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5216 lamp

Exodus 30:8

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֧ן	’a·hă·rōn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H175 Aaron
sets up	וּבְהַעֲלֹ֨ת	ū·ḇə·ha·‘ă·lōṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
the lamps	הַנֵּרֹ֛ת	han·nê·rōṯ	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5216 lamp
at	בֵּ֥ין	bên	Preposition	H996 interval, space between
twilight	הָעֲרְבַּ֖יִם	hā·‘ăr·ba·yim	Article; Noun - md	H6153 (sun)set, evening
he must burn	יַקְטִירֶ֑נָּה	yaq·ṭî·ren·nāh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
the incense	קְטֹ֧רֶת	qə·ṭō·reṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H7004 smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice, incense
perpetually	תָּמִ֛יד	tā·mîḏ	Adverb	H8548 continuity
before	לִפְנֵ֥י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
for the generations to come	לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃	lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1755 period, generation, dwelling

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Exodus 30:7 1 Samuel 2:28 · Luke 1:9 · 1 Chronicles 23:13 · Exodus 27:20–21

Exodus 30:8 Hebrews 9:24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.