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Leviticus 2:15

And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.

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וְנָתַתָּ֤venatataand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, a completed action in a sequenceH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…עָלֶ֨יהָ֙aleyhaaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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,…שֶׁ֔מֶןshemenoliveשֶׁמֶןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “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.וְשַׂמְתָּ֥vesamtaand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, a completed action in a sequenceH7760to 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]…עָלֶ֖יהָaleyhaaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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,…לְבֹנָ֑הlevonahincenseלְבוֹנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “incense”, the ordinary formH3828frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)(frank-) incense.מִנְחָ֖הminchahofferingמִנְחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “offering”, the ordinary formH4503a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.הִֽואhivas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon; it is a meal-offering.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meal-offering.

Young’s Literal Translation

and thou hast put on it oil, and laid on it frankincense, it [is] a present;

World English Bible

You shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it. It is a meal offering.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt put oil on it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is an oblation.

Douay-Rheims

Pouring oil upon it and putting on frankincense, because it is the oblation of the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon; it is a meal-offering.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt pour oil upon it, and shalt put frankincense on it: it is a sacrifice.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπιχεεῖς ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ἔλαιον, καὶ ἐπιθήσεις ἐπʼ αὐτὴν λίβανον· θυσία ἐστί.