Leviticus 14:4

וְצִוָּה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְלָקַ֧ח לַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר שְׁתֵּֽי־צִפֳּרִ֥ים חַיֹּ֖ות טְהֹרֹ֑ות וְעֵ֣ץ אֶ֔רֶז וּשְׁנִ֥י תֹולַ֖עַת וְאֵזֹֽב׃

And the priest shall command, and he shall take for the one being cleansed two living, clean birds, cedarwood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop.

 

Morphology

  1. וְצִוָּה֙ (vetsivah) – Root: צוה (ts-w-h); Form: Conjunction + verb, Piel, perfect, 3ms; Translation: “And he shall command”; Notes: Indicates the priest’s instruction.
  2. הַכֹּהֵ֔ן (hakohen) – Root: כהן (k-h-n); Form: Noun, ms definite; Translation: “The priest”; Notes: Refers to the officiating priest.
  3. וְלָקַ֧ח (velaqaḥ) – Root: לקח (l-q-ḥ); Form: Conjunction + verb, Qal, perfect, 3ms; Translation: “And he shall take”; Notes: Describes the action of obtaining the items.
  4. לַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר (lamittaher) – Root: טהר (ṭ-h-r); Form: Preposition + participle, Nifal, ms; Translation: “For the one being cleansed”; Notes: Refers to the person undergoing purification.
  5. שְׁתֵּֽי־צִפֳּרִ֥ים (shtei-tzipporim) – Root: צפר (ts-p-r); Form: Numeral + noun, fp construct; Translation: “Two birds”; Notes: Specifies the number and type of birds.
  6. חַיֹּ֖ות (chayyot) – Root: חיה (ḥ-y-h); Form: Adjective, fp; Translation: “Living”; Notes: Describes the birds as alive.
  7. טְהֹרֹ֑ות (tehorot) – Root: טהר (ṭ-h-r); Form: Adjective, fp; Translation: “Clean”; Notes: Indicates the birds must be ritually clean.
  8. וְעֵ֣ץ (ve’etz) – Root: עץ (ʿ-ts); Form: Conjunction + noun, ms; Translation: “And cedarwood”; Notes: Refers to a piece of cedarwood.
  9. אֶ֔רֶז (erez) – Root: ארז (ʾ-r-z); Form: Noun, ms; Translation: “Cedar”; Notes: Specifies the type of wood.
  10. וּשְׁנִ֥י (ushni) – Root: שני (sh-n-y); Form: Conjunction + noun, ms construct; Translation: “And scarlet”; Notes: Refers to scarlet material.
  11. תֹולַ֖עַת (tolaat) – Root: תולע (t-w-l-ʿ); Form: Noun, fs; Translation: “Worm/dye”; Notes: Refers to the scarlet dye derived from worms.
  12. וְאֵזֹֽב׃ (ve’ezov) – Root: אזוב (ʾ-z-v); Form: Conjunction + noun, ms; Translation: “And hyssop”; Notes: Indicates the inclusion of hyssop for purification rites.

 

 

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