Leviticus

Leviticus 5:11–12

¹¹But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour^a as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. ¹²He is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful from it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar atop the food offerings to the LORD; it is a sin offering.

Footnotes

a 5:11 A tenth of an ephah is approximately 2 dry quarts or 2.2 liters (probably about 2.6 pounds or 1.2 kilograms of flour).

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Leviticus 5:11

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But if	וְאִם־	wə·’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
he cannot	לֹא֩	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
afford	תַשִּׂ֨יג	ṯaś·śîḡ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5381 reach, overtake
two	לִשְׁתֵּ֣י	liš·tê	Preposition-l; Number - feminine dual construct	H8147 two
turtledoves	תֹרִ֗ים	ṯō·rîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8449 turtle-dove
or	אוֹ֮	’ōw	Conjunction	H176 or
two	לִשְׁנֵ֣י	liš·nê	Preposition-l; Number - masculine dual construct	H8147 two
young	בְנֵי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
pigeons	יוֹנָה֒	yō·w·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H3123 dove
he may bring	וְהֵבִ֨יא	wə·hê·ḇî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
a tenth	עֲשִׂירִ֧ת	‘ă·śî·riṯ	Number - ordinal feminine singular construct	H6224 tenth
of an ephah	הָאֵפָ֛ה	hā·’ê·p̄āh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H374 ephah
of fine flour	סֹ֖לֶת	sō·leṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H5560 fine flour
as a sin offering	לְחַטָּ֑את	lə·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H2403 offence, penalty, occasion
He must not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
put	יָשִׂ֨ים	yā·śîm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
olive oil	שֶׁ֗מֶן	še·men	Noun - masculine singular	H8081 fat, oil
or frankincense	לְבֹנָ֔ה	lə·ḇō·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H3828 frankincense
on it	עָלֶ֜יהָ	‘ā·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H5921 height
because	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
it	הִֽיא׃	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
a sin offering	חַטָּ֖את	ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H2403 offence, penalty, occasion

Leviticus 5:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He is to bring	וֶהֱבִיאָהּ֮	we·hĕ·ḇî·’āh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
it to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the priest	הַכֹּהֵן֒	hak·kō·hên	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3548 priest
who shall take	וְקָמַ֣ץ	wə·qā·maṣ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H7061 enclose with the hand, grasp
a handful	מְל֨וֹא	mə·lō·w	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4393 fulness, that which fills
from it	מִ֠מֶּנָּה	mim·men·nāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
as a memorial portion	אַזְכָּרָתָה֙	’az·kā·rā·ṯāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H234 memorial-offering
and burn	וְהִקְטִ֣יר	wə·hiq·ṭîr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
on the altar	הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה	ham·miz·bê·ḥāh	Article; Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H4196 altar
atop	עַ֖ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
the food offerings	אִשֵּׁ֣י	’iš·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H801 an offering made by fire
to the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
it	הִֽוא׃	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
is a sin offering	חַטָּ֖את	ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H2403 offence, penalty, occasion

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Leviticus 5:11 Numbers 5:15 · Numbers 15:4–9 · Leviticus 2:1–2

Leviticus 5:12 Leviticus 4:35 · Leviticus 2:9 · Leviticus 2:2

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