What Does Exodus 29:10 Mean in the King James?
And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew verb for “put their hands upon” also carries the sense of leaning and sustaining, so consecration begins with weight-bearing contact.
THE MEANING
The rite takes bodily form: Aaron and his sons place their hands on the bull’s head before it is offered. Because the verb also means to lean or support, their touch carries the sense of a burden being laid onto what is presented.
THE ROOT
וְסָמַךְ
ve-samakh
GROWS FROM
סמך
to lean upon, support, or sustain
“put their hands upon” in this verse is ve-samakh. The Hebrew verb says more than placing hands: it carries the sense of leaning or supporting. The same root describes being upheld or sustained elsewhere, so the gesture makes the offering a point of contact where weight is borne.
ALSO GROWS
upholdeth: supports or sustains
סוֹמֵךְ
Psalm 145:14 uses the same root for the LORD upholding those who fall, revealing the root’s connection between contact and support.
sustained: held up or sustained
יִסְמְכֵנִי
In Psalm 3:5, the same root describes the LORD sustaining the one who has lain down, extending the sense of leaning into being borne.
THE PATTERN
The root סמך links laying a hand upon something with leaning on it and being sustained.
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.THE THREAD
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.The same Hebrew verb, סמך, describes the hand laid on the offering’s head. Leviticus adds that the offering is accepted for the person presenting it, showing that this contact carries consequence within the rite.
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