King James Version

Leviticus 14:49

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

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וְלָקַ֛חvelaqachand 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.לְחַטֵּ֥אlechateto by faultחָטָאpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct — “to by fault”, the to-form of the verbH2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemnbear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.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).הַבַּ֖יִתhabayitthe familyבַּיִתdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…שְׁתֵּ֣יshetetwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, feminine, dual, construct — “two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.צִפֳּרִ֑יםtsiporimbirdצִפּוֹרnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “bird”, the ordinary formH6833a little bird (as hopping)bird, fowl, sparrow.וְעֵ֣ץveetsand treeעֵץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.אֶ֔רֶזerezcedarאֶרֶזnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cedar”, the ordinary formH730a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)cedar (tree).וּשְׁנִ֥יusheniand crimsonשָׁנִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and crimson”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8144crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with itcrimson, scarlet (thread).תוֹלַ֖עַתtolaatcrimsonתּוֹלָעnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “crimson”, the ordinary formH8438the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewithcrimson, scarlet, worm.וְאֵזֹֽבveezovand hyssopאֵזוֹבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and hyssop”, the ordinary formH231hyssophyssop.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

Young’s Literal Translation

'And he hath taken for the cleansing of the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;

World English Bible

To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop.

Darby Translation

And he shall take, to purge the house from the defilement, two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;

Douay-Rheims

And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ λήψεται ἀφαγνίσαι τὴν οἰκίαν, δύο ὀρνίθια ζῶντα καθαρὰ, καὶ ξύλον κέδρινον, καὶ κεκλωσμένον κόκκινον, καὶ ὕσσωπον.