New American Standard Bible 1995

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Leviticus

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"Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"Next he shall slaughter to slaughter, beat Verb H7819 וְשָׁחַט֮ ve·sha·chat
the lamb a lamb Noun H3532 כֶּ֣בֶשׂ ke·ves
of the guilt offense, guilt Noun H817 הָֽאָשָׁם֒ ha·'a·sham
offering; offense, guilt Noun H817 הָֽאָשָׁ֔ם ha·'a·sham,
and the priest priest Noun H3548 הַכֹּהֵן֙ hak·ko·hen
is to take to take Verb H3947 וְלָקַ֤ח ve·la·kach
some from H4480    
of the blood blood Noun H1818 מִדַּ֣ם mid·dam
of the guilt offering offense, guilt Noun H817    
and put to give, put, set Verb H5414 וְנָתַ֛ן ve·na·tan
[it] on the lobe tip or lobe (of the ear) Noun H8571 תְּנ֥וּךְ te·nuch
of the right right hand, right Adjective H3233 הַיְמָנִ֑ית hay·ma·nit;
ear an ear Noun H241 אֹֽזֶן־ o·zen-
of the one to be cleansed to be clean or pure Verb H2891 הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר ham·mit·ta·her
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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and on the thumb thumb, great toe Noun H931 בֹּ֤הֶן bo·hen
of his right right hand, right Adjective H3233 הַיְמָנִ֔ית hay·ma·nit,
hand hand Noun H3027 יָדֹו֙ ya·dov
and on the big toe thumb, great toe Noun H931 בֹּ֥הֶן bo·hen
of his right right hand, right Adjective H3233 הַיְמָנִֽית׃ hay·ma·nit.
foot. foot Noun H7272 רַגְלֹ֖ו rag·lov

Locations

Put

PUTput (puT; Phoud, in Genesis and Chronicles, variant for Genesis Phout, for Chronicles, Phouth):1. Renderings:In consequence of the identification at the time, the prophets have "Libya" (Libues), except Nab 3:9, where the Greek renders the word as phuge, "flight." The Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) has "Phut," "Phuth," and in the Prophets "Li... View Details

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a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
King James Bible "Next And he shall slaughter kill the lamb of the guilt offering; trespass offering, and the priest is to shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering trespass offering, and put it on upon the lobe tip of the right ear of the one him that is to be cleansed cleansed, and on upon the thumb of his right hand hand, and on upon the big great toe of his right foot.foot:
Hebrew Greek English "Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.