King James Version

Numbers 4:13

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

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וְדִשְּׁנ֖וּvedishnvand anointדָּשֵׁןconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and anoint”, a completed action in a sequenceH1878to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)accept, anoint, take away the (receive) ashes (from), make (wax) fat.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).הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַhamizbechathe altarמִזְבֵּחַdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the altar”, the ordinary formH4196an altaraltar.וּפָרְשׂ֣וּufaresvand breakפָּרַשׂconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and break”, a completed action in a sequenceH6566to break apart, disperse, etc.break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).עָלָ֔יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, 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,…בֶּ֖גֶדbegedapparelבֶּגֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “apparel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH899a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillageapparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.אַרְגָּמָֽןargamanpurpleאַרְגָּמָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “purple”, the ordinary formH713purple (the color or the dyed stuff)purple.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

Young’s Literal Translation

and have removed the ashes of the altar, and have spread over it a garment of purple;

World English Bible

“They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.

Darby Translation

And they shall cleanse the altar of the ashes, and spread a purple cloth thereon;

Douay-Rheims

They shall cleanse the altar also from the ashes, and shall wrap it up in a purple cloth,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τὸν καλυπτῆρα ἐπιθήσει ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ ἐπικαλύψουσιν ἐπʼ αὐτὸ ἱμάτιον ὁλοπόρφυρον.