Burnt offering
Definition
An ancient ritual sacrifice, specifically found in the old Jewish tradition (Old Testament) and other early religious cults, consisting of the complete and structural destruction by fire of a sacrificed animal on the altar, as an offering brought to the divinity; holocaust. The term expresses the believer's total renunciation in favor of the sacred, as the meat is not consumed by humans.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Burnt offering
- Holocaust
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Compound feminine noun, regular structural plural variations affecting only the initial root noun. |
| Formation | Syntactic compound stabilized in religious language as a literal translation of classical liturgical concepts. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ar.ˈde.re.de.ˈtot] |
| Source | The Analytical Lexicon of Biblical Hebrew and Ancient Near Eastern Rituals |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Preotul a așezat berbecul curat pe lemnele de pe altar pentru a aduce o ardere-de-tot conform legii vechi.
EN: The priest placed the unblemished ram on the altar wood to bring a burnt offering according to the old law.
RO: Fumul ridicat din această ardere-de-tot era considerat structural un semn al acceptării ofrandei de către divinitate.
EN: The smoke rising from this whole burnt sacrifice was structurally considered a sign of the divinity's acceptance of the offering.
RO: În cartea Leviticului sunt descrise cu rigurozitate regulile și etapele organizării unei arderi-de-tot.
EN: In the Book of Leviticus, the rules and stages of organizing a burnt offering are rigorously described.
Idioms & Phrases
Altar pentru ardere-de-tot / Altar of burnt offering
RO: Structura sacră din piatră sau aramă, amplasată în curtea cortului sau a templului, destinată exclusiv acestui tip de sacrificiu.
EN: The sacred stone or bronze structure, located in the courtyard of the tabernacle or temple, intended exclusively for this type of sacrifice.
Ritual de ardere-de-tot / Burnt offering ritual
RO: Succesiune liturgică fixă ce include spălarea victimelor, stropirea sângelui și mistuirea completă a corpului animalului.
EN: A fixed liturgical sequence including the washing of victims, sprinkling of blood, and complete consumption of the animal's body.
Legea arderii-de-tot / Law of the burnt offering
RO: Set structural de porunci codificate istoric care stabileau ce animale erau primite și cum trebuia gestionat focul pe altar.
EN: A structural set of historically codified commandments establishing which animals were accepted and how the fire on the altar had to be managed.
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