וַיַּקְרֵ֕ב אֵ֖ת קָרְבַּ֣ן הָעָ֑ם וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־שְׂעִ֤יר הַֽחַטָּאת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָעָ֔ם וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֥הוּ וַֽיְחַטְּאֵ֖הוּ כָּרִאשֹֽׁון׃
And he presented the offering of the people, and he took the male goat of the sin offering that was for the people, and he slaughtered it and purified it as the first.
Morphology
- וַיַּקְרֵ֕ב (vayyaqrev) – Root: קרב (q-r-v); Form: Verb, Hifil, imperfect, 3ms; Translation: “He presented”; Notes: Refers to the act of presenting the offering to YHWH.
- אֵ֖ת (ʾet) – Form: Direct object marker; Notes: Marks “the offering of the people” as the object.
- קָרְבַּ֣ן (qorban) – Root: קרב (q-r-v); Form: Noun, ms; Translation: “Offering”; Notes: Indicates the sacrificial offering.
- הָעָ֑ם (haʿam) – Root: עם (ʿ-m); Form: Noun, ms; Translation: “Of the people”; Notes: Specifies the offering as belonging to the people.
- וַיִּקַּ֞ח (vayyiqqaḥ) – Root: לקח (l-q-ḥ); Form: Verb, Qal, imperfect, 3ms; Translation: “He took”; Notes: Refers to taking the male goat for the sin offering.
- אֶת־שְׂעִ֤יר (ʾet-seʿir) – Root: שעיר (ś-ʿ-r); Form: Direct object marker + noun, ms; Translation: “The male goat”; Notes: Refers to the animal used for the sin offering.
- הַֽחַטָּאת֙ (hachattat) – Root: חטא (ḥ-ṭ-ʾ); Form: Noun, fs; Translation: “Of the sin offering”; Notes: Specifies the purpose of the goat as a sin offering.
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר (ʾasher) – Root: אשר (ʾ-sh-r); Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “That”; Notes: Connects the goat to the people.
- לָעָ֔ם (laʿam) – Root: עם (ʿ-m); Form: Preposition + noun, ms; Translation: “For the people”; Notes: Indicates that the sin offering was on behalf of the people.
- וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֥הוּ (vayyishchatehu) – Root: שחט (sh-ḥ-ṭ); Form: Verb, Qal, imperfect, 3ms + 3ms suffix; Translation: “He slaughtered it”; Notes: Refers to the act of slaughtering the goat.
- וַֽיְחַטְּאֵ֖הוּ (vayechatteʾhu) – Root: חטא (ḥ-ṭ-ʾ); Form: Verb, Piel, imperfect, 3ms + 3ms suffix; Translation: “He purified it”; Notes: Refers to the ritual purification of the goat.
- כָרִאשֹֽׁון (karishon) – Root: ראש (r-ʾ-sh); Form: Preposition + adjective, ms; Translation: “As the first”; Notes: Indicates that the procedure followed the same pattern as the first sin offering.