Leviticus 3:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Aaron's sons are to burn them on the altar, on top of the burnt offering that is over the burning wood. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִקְטִ֨ירוּ אֹת֤וֹ בְנֵֽי־אַהֲרֹן֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה עַל־הָ֣עֹלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הָעֵצִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָאֵ֑שׁ אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And hiqṭîrû it bĕnê-ʾahărōn on the mizbeaḥ, upon the ʿōlâ which is upon the ʿēṣîm which are upon the ʾēš, an ʾiššeh of rêaḥ nîḥōaḥ to YHWH.

Grammar Details

• וְהִקְטִירוּ: conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - 'and they shall burn/turn into smoke'
• אֹתוֹ: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'it'
• *bĕnê*-*ʾahărōn*: masculine plural construct + proper name - 'sons of Aaron'
• הַמִּזְבֵּחָה: definite article + masculine singular noun + directional suffix - 'to the altar'
• עַל: preposition - 'upon'
• *ʿōlâ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - 'the burnt offering'
• אֲשֶׁר: relative pronoun - 'which'
• *ʿēṣîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - 'the wood'
• *ʾēš*: feminine singular noun with definite article - 'the fire'
• *ʾiššeh*: masculine singular noun - 'fire offering'
• *rêaḥ nîḥōaḥ*: masculine singular construct + masculine singular adjective - 'soothing aroma'
• לַיהוָה: preposition + divine name - 'to YHWH'

Word Meanings

• *hiqṭîrû*: burn as incense/make into smoke/turn into sweet smoke
• *bĕnê*: sons of
• *mizbeaḥ*: altar
• *ʿōlâ*: burnt offering/ascending offering
• *ʿēṣîm*: wood/timber/trees
• *ʾēš*: fire
• *ʾiššeh*: fire-offering/offering made by fire
• *rêaḥ nîḥōaḥ*: pleasing aroma/soothing scent/sweet savor

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt offering, which is on the wood on the fire: it is a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Aarons sonnes shall burne them apon the alter with the burntsacrifice which is apon the wodd on the fire. That is a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Aarons sonnes shal burne it vpon the altare for a burntofferynge, euen vpon the wod that lyeth on the fyre. This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Aarons sonnes shall burne it on the altar, with the burnt offering, which is vpon the wood, that is on the fire: this is a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Aarons sonnes shall burne them on the aulter, with the burnt sacrifice which is vpon the wood that is on the fire, to be a burnt sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which [is] upon the wood that [is] on the fire: [it is] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and sons of Aaron have made it a perfume on the altar, on the burnt-offering which `is' on the wood, which `is' on the fire -- a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  That it may be burned by Aaron's sons on the altar, on the burned offering which is on the wood on the fire: it is an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the sons of Aaron must offer it up in smoke on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the wood in the fire as a gift of a soothing aroma to the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 6:12 : 12 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
• Exod 29:13 : 13 Then take all the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
• Exod 29:38-42 : 38 This is what you are to offer on the altar regularly each day: two year-old lambs, one in the morning and the other at twilight. 39 Offer one lamb in the morning, and offer the second lamb at twilight. 40 With the first lamb, offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of pressed oil, and a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering. 41 Offer the second lamb at twilight, together with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. 42 This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, where I will meet you to speak with you.
• Lev 1:9 : 9 You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
• Lev 4:31 : 31 He shall remove all its fat, just as the fat is removed from the peace offerings. The priest shall burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way, the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
• Lev 4:35 : 35 He shall remove all its fat, as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as a food offering to the LORD made by fire. In this way, the priest will make atonement for the person’s sin, and they will be forgiven.
• Lev 7:29-34 : 29 Speak to the Israelites and say: Anyone who brings a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord must bring part of it as their offering to the Lord. 30 With his own hands he shall bring the offerings made by fire to the Lord. He shall bring the fat together with the breast to be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. 31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons. 32 You are to give the right thigh as a contribution to the priest from your peace offerings. 33 The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of the peace offering shall have the right thigh as his portion. 34 From the Israelites' peace offerings, I have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a perpetual share from the Israelites.
• Lev 9:9-9 : 9 Aaron's sons brought the blood to him. He dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 10 He burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering on the altar, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
• 1 Sam 2:15-16 : 15 But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man offering the sacrifice, ‘Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.’ 16 And if the man said to him, ‘Let the fat be burned first, and then take whatever you want,’ the servant would reply, ‘No, give it to me now! If you don’t, I’ll take it by force.’
• 1 Kgs 8:64 : 64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat portions of the fellowship offerings.
• 2 Chr 35:14 : 14 Afterward, they prepared portions for themselves and the priests, because the priests, descendants of Aaron, were busy offering the burnt offerings and fat portions until nightfall. So the Levites prepared portions for themselves and the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
• Ezek 44:7 : 7 When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in My sanctuary and profane it—My house—by offering My food, the fat, and the blood, you broke My covenant with all your abominations.
• Ezek 44:15 : 15 But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok who faithfully preserved the charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, shall come near Me to serve Me. They shall stand in My presence to offer fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.