וּקְח֣וּ אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּתֹ֗ו וּנְתַתֶּ֤ם עֲלֵיהֶם֙ קְטֹ֔רֶת וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֞ם לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּתֹ֔ו חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמָאתַ֖יִם מַחְתֹּ֑ת וְאַתָּ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן אִ֥ישׁ מַחְתָּתֹֽו׃
And each man shall take his censer, and you shall put incense on them, and you shall bring them before YHWH, each man with his censer, two hundred and fifty censers, and you and Aharon, each man with his censer.”
Morphology
- וּקְח֣וּ (uqkḥu) – Root: לקח (l-q-ḥ); Form: Qal imperative masculine plural; Translation: “And take”; Notes: Command to gather or take an object.
- אִ֣ישׁ (ish) – Root: איש (ʾ-y-sh); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “Man”; Notes: Refers to each individual participant.
- מַחְתָּתֹ֗ו (maḥtato) – Root: מחתה (m-ḥ-t-h); Form: Noun feminine singular construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “His censer”; Notes: An object used for burning incense.
- וּנְתַתֶּ֤ם (unetatem) – Root: נתן (n-t-n); Form: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural with vav-consecutive; Translation: “And you shall put”; Notes: Indicates an action to be performed.
- עֲלֵיהֶם֙ (ʿalehem) – Root: על (ʿ-l); Form: Preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “On them”; Notes: Refers to the censers.
- קְטֹ֔רֶת (qetoret) – Root: קטר (q-t-r); Form: Noun feminine singular; Translation: “Incense”; Notes: Substance burned for its fragrance in rituals.
- וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֞ם (vehikravatem) – Root: קרב (q-r-v); Form: Hifil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural with vav-consecutive; Translation: “And you shall bring”; Notes: Denotes presenting something before YHWH.
- לִפְנֵ֤י (lifnei) – Root: פנים (p-n-y-m); Form: Preposition; Translation: “Before”; Notes: Refers to being in the presence of YHWH.
- יְהוָה֙ (YHWH) – Root: Proper noun; Form: Singular; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: The divine name.
- חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (ḥamishim) – Root: חמש (ḥ-m-sh); Form: Number masculine plural; Translation: “Fifty”; Notes: Specifies the number of censers.
- וּמָאתַ֖יִם (umaʾatayim) – Root: מאה (m-ʾ-h); Form: Number masculine dual; Translation: “And two hundred”; Notes: Combined with fifty to total two hundred and fifty.
- וְאַתָּ֥ה (ve-attah) – Root: Pronoun; Form: 2nd person masculine singular; Translation: “And you”; Notes: Refers to Moses or the addressed individual.
- וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן (ve-Aharon) – Root: Proper noun; Form: Singular; Translation: “And Aharon”; Notes: Includes Aaron in the instruction.