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Exodus 24:6

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

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וַיִּקַּ֤חvayiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.מֹשֶׁה֙moshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.חֲצִ֣יchatsihalfחֵצִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “half”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.הַדָּ֔םhadamthe blood , innocentדָּםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (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)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.וַיָּ֖שֶׂםvayasemand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…בָּאַגָּנֹ֑תbaaganotin basinאַגָּןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in basin”, the ordinary formH101a bowl (as pounded out hollow)basin, cup, goblet.וַחֲצִ֣יvachatsiand halfחֵצִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and half”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.הַדָּ֔םhadamthe blood , innocentדָּםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (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)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.זָרַ֖קzaraqsprinkleזָרַקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “sprinkle”, a completed actionH2236to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles)be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַhamizbechathe altarמִזְבֵּחַdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the altar”, the ordinary formH4196an altaraltar.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Moses taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath he sprinkled on the altar;

World English Bible

Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Darby Translation

And Moses took half the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Douay-Rheims

Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls: and the rest he poured upon the altar.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Moses took half the blood and poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon the altar.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Λαβὼν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ αἵματος, ἐνέχεεν εἰς κρατῆρας, τὸ δὲ ἥμισυ τοῦ αἵματος προσέχεε πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον.