וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר

   va-yak-TER

   and he burned incense or made smoke
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר אֶת־עֹֽלָתוֹ֙

   va-yak-TER et-o-la-TO

   and he burned incense or made smoke {direct object} his burnt offering
3. clause🔊 וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר אֶת־עֹֽלָתוֹ֙ וְאֶת־מִנְחָת֔וֹ וַיַּסֵּ֖ךְ אֶת־נִסְכּ֑וֹ

   va-yak-TER et-o-la-TO ve-et-min-kha-TO va-ya-SEKH et-nis-KO

   and he burned incense or made smoke {direct object} his burnt offering and {direct object} his grain offering and he poured {direct object} his drink offering
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר אֶת־עֹֽלָתוֹ֙ וְאֶת־מִנְחָת֔וֹ וַיַּסֵּ֖ךְ אֶת־נִסְכּ֑וֹ וַיִּזְרֹ֛ק אֶת־דַּֽם־הַשְּׁלָמִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־ל֖וֹ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

   va-yak-TER et-o-la-TO ve-et-min-kha-TO va-ya-SEKH et-nis-KO va-yiz-ROK et-dam-ha-she-la-MIM a-SHER-LO al-ha-miz-BE-akh

   and he burned incense or made smoke {direct object} his burnt offering and {direct object} his grain offering and he poured {direct object} his drink offering and he threw or sprinkled {direct object} the blood of the peace offerings which were to him or belonged to him upon the altar

Exegesis

The narrative sequence employs vav consecutive verbs—vayaqṭēr {וַיַּקְטֵר | wayyaqtēr} ‘and he offered up in smoke’, wayyassēkh {וַיַּסֵּךְ | wayyassēkh} ‘and he poured out’, wayyizrōq {וַיִּזְרֹק | wayyizrōq} ‘and he dashed’—to depict orderly ritual actions.

Root and etymology

q-t-r🔊 qof–tet–resh

“to cause to smoke”

• 🔊 קְטֹרֶתqətōreṯincenseExodus 30:34