King James Version

Exodus 29:16

And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

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וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֖veshachattaand slaughterשָׁחַטconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and slaughter”, a completed action in a sequenceH7819to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאָ֑יִלhaayilthe oakאַיִלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the oak”, the ordinary formH352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong treemighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙velaqachtaand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, a completed action in a sequenceH3947to 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.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).דָּמ֔וֹdamvoblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “blood , innocent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1818blood (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.וְזָרַקְתָּ֥vezaraqtaand sprinkleזָרַקconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and sprinkle”, a completed action in a sequenceH2236to 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,…הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַhamizbechathe altarמִזְבֵּחַdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the altar”, the ordinary formH4196an altaraltar.סָבִֽיבsavivaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and dash it round about against the altar.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

Young’s Literal Translation

and thou hast slaughtered the ram, and hast taken its blood, and hast sprinkled [it] on the altar round about,

World English Bible

You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.

Darby Translation

and thou shalt slaughter the ram, and shalt take its blood, and sprinkle [it] on the altar round about.

Douay-Rheims

And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and pour round about the altar:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and dash it round about against the altar.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt kill it, and take the blood and pour it on the altar round about.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ σφάξεις αὐτὸν, καὶ λαβὼν τὸ αἷμα προσχεεῖς πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον κύκλῳ.