King James Version

Leviticus 14:15

And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:

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וְלָקַ֥חvelaqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd 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.הַכֹּהֵ֖ןhakohenthe priestכֹּהֵןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the priest”, the ordinary formH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.מִלֹּ֣גmilogfrom logלֹגpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from log”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3849a log or measure forliquidslog (of oil).הַשָּׁ֑מֶןhashamenthe oliveשֶׁמֶןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the olive”, the ordinary formH8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richnessanointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.וְיָצַ֛קveyatsaqand castיָצַקconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and cast”, a completed action in a sequenceH3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hardcast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.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,…כַּ֥ףkafhand , -dle,כַּףnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “hand , -dle,”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.הַכֹּהֵ֖ןhakohenthe priestכֹּהֵןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the priest”, the ordinary formH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.הַשְּׂמָאלִֽיתhasmalitthe leftשְׂמָאלִיdefinite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “the left”, the ordinary formH8042situated on the left sideleft.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand;

Young’s Literal Translation

and the priest hath taken of the log of oil, and hath poured on the left palm of the priest,

World English Bible

The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

Darby Translation

And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into his, the priest's, left hand;

Douay-Rheims

And he shall pour of the sextary of oil into his own left. hand,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the priest shall take of the cup of oil, and shall pour it upon his own left hand.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ λαβὼν ὁ ἱερεὺς ἀπὸ τῆς κοτύλης τοῦ ἐλαίου, ἐπιχεεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα τοῦ ἱερέως τὴν ἀριστεράν.