Leviticus

Leviticus 5:11

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.

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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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

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

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