Leviticus 5:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and he shall make restitution for that which he hath done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering, and he shall be forgiven.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר֩ חָטָ֨א מִן־הַקֹּ֜דֶשׁ יְשַׁלֵּ֗ם וְאֶת־חֲמִֽישִׁתוֹ֙ יוֹסֵ֣ף עָלָ֔יו וְנָתַ֥ן אֹת֖וֹ לַכֹּהֵ֑ן וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן יְכַפֵּ֥ר עָלָ֛יו בְּאֵ֥יל הָאָשָׁ֖ם וְנִסְלַ֥ח לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And-ʾēṯ which ḥāṭāʾ from-the-qōḏeš yĕšallēm and-ʾet-ḥămîšiṯô yôsēp̄ upon-it and-nāṯan it to-the-kōhēn and-the-kōhēn yĕḵappēr upon-him with-ʾêl the-ʾāšām and-nislaḥ to-him

Grammar Details

• *ʾēṯ*: direct object marker
• *ḥāṭāʾ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he sinned
• *qōḏeš*: noun, masculine, singular - holiness/sanctuary
• *yĕšallēm*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall repay/make restitution
• *ḥămîšiṯô*: noun, feminine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its fifth part
• *yôsēp̄*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall add
• *nāṯan*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gave
• *kōhēn*: noun, masculine, singular - priest
• *yĕḵappēr*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall make atonement
• *ʾêl*: preposition - with
• *ʾāšām*: noun, masculine, singular - guilt offering
• *nislaḥ*: verb, niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it was forgiven

Word Meanings

• *ḥāṭāʾ*: sinned/erred/missed the mark
• *qōḏeš*: holiness/sanctuary/holy thing
• *yĕšallēm*: makes restitution/repays/restores
• *ḥămîšiṯô*: its fifth part/one fifth of it
• *yôsēp̄*: adds/increases
• *nāṯan*: gives/places/puts
• *kōhēn*: priest/minister
• *yĕḵappēr*: makes atonement/covers/expiates
• *ʾāšām*: guilt offering/reparation offering
• *nislaḥ*: is forgiven/pardoned

Referenced Verses

• Lev 22:14 : 14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing.
• Num 5:7 : 7 then he shall confess his sin which he hath done: and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him in respect of whom he hath been guilty.
• Lev 5:10 : 10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt-offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin which he hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
• Lev 6:4-5 : 4 then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, 5 or any thing about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto: unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being found guilty.
• Lev 27:13 : 13 But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
• Lev 27:15 : 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
• Lev 27:27 : 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thine estimation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
• Lev 27:31 : 31 And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.
• Exod 22:1 : 1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
• Exod 22:3-4 : 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall pay double.
• Lev 4:26 : 26 And all the fat thereof shall he burn upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
• Lev 5:6 : 6 and he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin.
• Lev 5:13 : 13 And the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven: [and the remnant] shall be the priest's, as the meal-offering.
• Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
• Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
• Heb 9:13-14 : 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh: 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• 1 John 2:1-2 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.