Leviticus

Leviticus 10:17

¹⁷“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	מַדּ֗וּעַ	mad·dū·a‘	Interrogative	H4069 wherefore?
didn’t you	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
eat	אֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם	’ă·ḵal·tem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H398 eat
the sin offering	הַֽחַטָּאת֙	ha·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2403 offence, penalty, occasion
in the holy	הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ	haq·qō·ḏeš	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
place	בִּמְק֣וֹם	bim·qō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4725 standing, spot, condition
For	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
it	הִ֑וא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
is most	קֹ֥דֶשׁ	qō·ḏeš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6944 sacred, sanctity
holy	קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים	qā·ḏā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6944 sacred, sanctity
it was given	נָתַ֣ן	nā·ṯan	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to you	לָכֶ֗ם	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
to take away	לָשֵׂאת֙	lā·śêṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5375 lift, take, carry
the guilt	עֲוֺ֣ן	‘ă·wōn	Noun - common singular construct	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
of the congregation	הָעֵדָ֔ה	hā·‘ê·ḏāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5712 congregation
by making atonement	לְכַפֵּ֥ר	lə·ḵap·pêr	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H3722 cover over (figurative), pacify, make propitiation
for them	עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
before	לִפְנֵ֥י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Leviticus 7:6–7 · Leviticus 6:24–30 · Numbers 18:1 · Exodus 28:38

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.