Leviticus 22:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שׁ֣וֹר אוֹ־כֶ֤שֶׂב אוֹ־עֵז֙ כִּ֣י יִוָּלֵ֔ד וְהָיָ֛ה שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים תַּ֣חַת אִמּ֑וֹ וּמִיּ֤וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי֙ וָהָ֔לְאָה יֵרָצֶ֕ה לְקָרְבַּ֥ן אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

šôr ʾô-keśeb ʾô-ʿēz kî yiwwālēd wə-hāyāh šibʿat yāmîm taḥat ʾimmô û-miyyôm ha-ššəmînî wā-hālʾāh yērāṣeh lə-qorban ʾiššeh la-YHWH

Grammar Details

*šôr*: noun masculine singular - ox/bull
*ʾô*: conjunction - or
*keśeb*: noun masculine singular - sheep/lamb
*ʿēz*: noun feminine singular - goat
*kî*: conjunction - when
*yiwwālēd*: Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - is born
*wə-hāyāh*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - then it shall be
*šibʿat*: noun feminine singular construct - seven
*yāmîm*: noun masculine plural - days
*taḥat*: preposition - under
*ʾimmô*: noun feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its mother
*û-miyyôm*: conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular construct - and from day
*ha-ššəmînî*: definite article + adjective masculine singular - the eighth
*wā-hālʾāh*: conjunction + adverb - and onward
*yērāṣeh*: Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it shall be accepted
*lə-qorban*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - for an offering of
*ʾiššeh*: noun masculine singular - fire offering
*la-YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to/for the LORD

Word Meanings

*šôr*: ox, bull, cattle
*keśeb*: sheep, lamb
*ʿēz*: goat, she-goat
*yiwwālēd*: is born, comes into the world
*šibʿat* *yāmîm*: seven days, a week
*taḥat* *ʾimmô*: under its mother, with its mother
*ha-ššəmînî*: the eighth, the eighth day
*wā-hālʾāh*: and onward, and beyond, thenceforth
*yērāṣeh*: it shall be accepted, it will be favorable
*qorban*: offering, sacrifice, oblation
*ʾiššeh*: fire offering, offering made by fire

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 22:30 : 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Lev 12:2-3 : 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Lev 19:23-24 : 23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as their uncircumcision: three years shall they be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto Jehovah.
Lev 22:25 : 25 Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

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