King James Version

Leviticus 16:12

And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:

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וְלָקַ֣חvelaqachand 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.מְלֹֽאmelofulnessמְלֹאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fulness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4393fulness (literally or figuratively)[idiom] all along, [idiom] all that is (there-) in, fill, ([idiom] that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-) full, multitude.הַ֠מַּחְתָּהhamachtahthe censerמַחְתָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the censer”, the ordinary formH4289a pan for live coalscenser, firepan, snuffdish.גַּֽחֲלֵיgachalecoalגֶּחֶלnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “coal”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1513an ember(burning) coal.אֵ֞שׁeshfireאֵשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.מֵעַ֤לmealfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition — “from 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,…הַמִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙hamizbechathe altarמִזְבֵּחַdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the altar”, the ordinary formH4196an altaraltar.מִלִּפְנֵ֣יmilifnefrom to a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, preposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “from to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…יְהוָ֔הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).וּמְלֹ֣אumeloand fulnessמְלֹאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and fulness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4393fulness (literally or figuratively)[idiom] all along, [idiom] all that is (there-) in, fill, ([idiom] that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-) full, multitude.חָפְנָ֔יוchafenayvfistsחֹפֶןnoun, common, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fists”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2651a fist (only in the dual)fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful).קְטֹ֥רֶתqetoretincenseקְטֹרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “incense”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7004a fumigation(sweet) incense, perfume.סַמִּ֖יםsamimsweetסַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “sweet”, the ordinary formH5561an aromasweet (spice).דַּקָּ֑הdaqahsmallדַּקadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “small”, the ordinary formH1851crushed, i.e. (by implication) small or thindwarf, lean(-fleshed), very little thing, small, thin.וְהֵבִ֖יאveheviand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, a completed action in a sequenceH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…מִבֵּ֥יתmibeytfrom familyבַּיִתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a 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,…לַפָּרֹֽכֶתlaparokhetto vailפֹּרֶכֶתpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to vail”, the ordinary formH6532a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screenvail.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:

Young’s Literal Translation

and hath taken the fulness of the censer of burning coals of fire from off the altar, from before Jehovah, and the fulness of his hands of thin spice-perfume, and hath brought [it] within the vail;

World English Bible

He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil.

Darby Translation

And he shall take the censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and both his hands full of fragrant incense beaten small, and bring it inside the veil.

Douay-Rheims

And taking the censer, which he hath filled with the burning coals of the altar, and taking up with his hand the compounded perfume for incense, he shall go in within the veil into the holy place:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he shall take his censer full of coals of fire off the altar, which is before the Lord; and he shall fill his hands with fine compound incense, and shall bring it within the veil.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ λήψεται τὸ πυρεῖον πλῆρες ἀνθράκων πυρὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, τοῦ ἀπέναντι Κυρίου· καὶ πλήσει τὰς χεῖρας θυμιάματος συνθέσεως λεπτῆς, καὶ εἰσοίσει ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος.