Leviticus 1:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And he shall put his hande vpon the head of the burnt sacrifice, and it shalbe accepted for hym to be his attonement.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְסָמַ֣ךְ יָד֔וֹ עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הָעֹלָ֑ה וְנִרְצָ֥ה ל֖וֹ לְכַפֵּ֥ר עָלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wə-sāmak yādô upon rōʾš the-ʿōlâ wə-nirṣâ to-him ləkappēr upon-him.

Grammar Details

• *wə-sāmak*: waw conjunctive + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall lay/press
• *yādô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand
• *rōʾš*: noun, masculine singular construct - head of
• *ʿōlâ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the burnt offering
• *wə-nirṣâ*: waw conjunctive + Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it shall be accepted
• *ləkappēr*: preposition + Piel infinitive construct - to atone/cover/expiate

Word Meanings

• *wə-sāmak*: and he shall lay/press/lean
• *ləkappēr*: to make atonement/to cover/to expiate/to pacify

Referenced Verses

• Lev 3:2 : 2 And put his hande vpon the head of his offeryng, and kyll it at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation: And Aarons sonnes the priestes shal sprinkle the blood vpon the aulter round about.
• Exod 29:10 : 10 And thou shalt cause a calfe to be brought before the tabernacle of witnesse: and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the calfe.
• Exod 29:15 : 15 Thou shalt also take one Ramme, and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the Ramme.
• 2 Chr 29:23-24 : 23 And then they brought foorth the hee goates for the sinne offering before the king and the congregation, & put their handes vpon them. 24 And the priestes slue them, and with the blood of them they clensed the aulter, to make satisfaction for all Israel: for the king comaunded that the burnt offering and the sinne offering shoulde be made for all Israel.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 I beseche you therfore brethren, by the mercifulnesse of God, that ye geue vp your bodyes a quicke sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, whiche is your reasonable seruice:
• Lev 4:31 : 31 And shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the peace offeryng is taken away: And the priest shal burne it vpon the aulter, that it may be a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde, and the priest shal make an attonement for hym, and it shalbe forgeuen hym.
• Lev 4:26 : 26 And burne all his fat vpon ye aulter, as ye fat of the peace offeringes: And ye priest shal make an attonement for him as cocerning his sinne, & it shalbe forgeue him.
• Exod 29:19 : 19 And take the other Ramme, and Aaron & his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon his head.
• Lev 4:20 : 20 And shall do with this bullocke as he dyd with the bullocke for sinne, euen so shall he do with this: And the priest shal make an attonement for them, and it shalbe forgeuen them.
• Lev 3:8 : 8 And put his hand vpon his offeringes head, and kyll it before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aarons sonnes shall sprinkle the blood therof rounde about the aulter.
• Lev 3:13 : 13 And put his hande vpon the head of it, and kyll it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sonnes of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood therof vpon the aulter rounde about.
• Lev 4:4 : 4 And he shall bryng the young bullocke vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord, and shall put his hand vpon the young bullockes head, and kill the young bullocke before the Lorde.
• Lev 4:15 : 15 And the elders of the multitude shall put their handes vpon the head of the bullocke before the Lorde: And the bullocke shalbe slayne before the Lord.
• Lev 4:24 : 24 And lay his hande vpon ye head of the hee goate, and kyll it in the place where the burnt offeryng is vsed to be kylled before ye Lorde: For it is a sinne offering.
• Lev 8:14 : 14 And he brought the Bullocke for the sinne offering: and Aaron & his sonnes put their handes vpon the head of the Bullocke for the sinne offering.
• Lev 8:22 : 22 And he brought the other Ramme, namely the Ramme of consecrations: and Aaron and his sonnes put their handes vpon the head of the Ramme,
• Lev 9:7 : 7 And Moyses sayde vnto Aaron: Go vnto the aulter, and offer the sacrifice for thy sinne, & thy burnt offering, and make an attonement for thee and for the people: & thou shalt offer the offering of the people, and make an attonement for them, as ye Lord comaunded.
• Lev 16:21 : 21 And Aaron shall put both his handes vpon the head of the liue goate, and confesse ouer hym all the misdeedes of the chyldren of Israel, and all their trespasses in all their sinnes, puttyng them vppon the head of the goate, and send him away by the hand of a conuenient man, into the wyldernesse.
• Lev 16:24 : 24 And let hym washe his fleshe with water in the holy place, and put on his owne rayment, and then come out, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an attonement for hym selfe, and for the people.
• Lev 4:29 : 29 And lay his hande vpon the head of the sinne offeryng, and slay the sinne offering in the place of burnt offerynges.
• Num 15:25 : 25 And the priest shall make an attonement for all the multitude of the chyldren of Israel, and it shalbe forgeuen them, for it is ignoraunce: And they shal bryng their offering, a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord, & their sinne offering before the Lorde for their ignoraunce.
• Lev 4:35 : 35 And he shall take away all the fat therof, as the fat of ye sheepe of the peace offering is wont to be taken away: And the priest shall burne it vpon the aulter, that it may be the Lordes burnt sacrifice, and the priest shall make an attonement for his sinne that he hath committed, and it shalbe forgeuen hym.
• Isa 56:7 : 7 Them will I bring to my holy mountayne, & make them ioyfull in my house of prayer: their burnt offerynges and sacrifices shalbe accepted vpon myne aulter: for my house shalbe called an house of prayer for all people.
• Phil 4:18 : 18 But I haue receaued al, & haue plentie. I was euen fylled after that I had receaued of Epaphroditus the thynges which were sent from you, an odoure of a sweete smel, a sacrifice acceptable, plesaunt to God.
• Heb 10:4 : 4 For it is not possible that the blood of Bulles & of Goates shoulde take away sinnes.
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is ye attonement for our sinnes: not for our sinnes only, but also for the sinnes of all the worlde.
• 2 Cor 5:20-21 : 20 Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christe, euen as though God dyd beseche you through vs. So praye we you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled vnto God. 21 For he hath made him to be sinne for vs, whiche knewe no sinne, that we shoulde be made the ryghteousnesse of God in hym.
• Rom 3:25 : 25 Whom God hath set foorth to be a propitiatio, through fayth in his blood, to declare his ryghteousnes, in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past,
• Rom 5:11 : 11 Not only so, but we also ioye in God, through our Lorde Iesus Christe, by who we haue nowe receaued the atonement.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seuetie weekes are determined ouer thy people, & ouer thy holy citie, to finish the wickednes, and to seale vp ye sinnes, and to reconcile the iniquitie, & to bring in euerlasting righteousnes, to seale vp the vision and prophecie, & to annoynt the most holy.
• Isa 53:4-6 : 4 Howbeit, he only hath taken on him our infirmitie, and borne our paynes: Yet we dyd iudge hym as though he were plagued, and cast downe of God. 5 Wheras he notwithstandyng was wounded for our offences, and smitten for our wickednesse: for the payne of our punishment was layde vpon hym, and with his stripes are we healed. 6 As for vs we are all gone astray lyke sheepe, euery one hath turned his owne way: but the Lord hath throwen vpon hym all our sinnes.
• Lev 5:6 : 6 Therfore shall he bryng his trespasse offering vnto the Lorde, for his sinne whiche he hath sinned, a female from the flocke, a lambe or a shee goate, for a sinne offering: And the priest shal make an attonement for hym concerning his sinne.
• Lev 6:7 : 7 And the priest shall make an attonement for hym before the Lorde, and it shalbe forgeuen hym whatsoeuer thing it be that he hath done and trespassed therein.
• Num 15:28 : 28 And the priest shall make an attonement for the soule that sinneth ignorauntly, when he sinneth by ignoraunce before the Lorde to reconcile hym, and that it may be forgeuen hym.
• Num 25:13 : 13 And he shall haue it, and his seede after hym, euen the couenaunt of the priestes office for euer, because he was zelous for his Gods sake, and made an attonement for the chyldren of Israel.
• Lev 22:21 : 21 And whosoeuer bryngeth a peace offering vnto the Lorde, to accomplyshe his vowe, or a freewyll offering in beefes or sheepe, it shalbe perfite to be accepted, there shalbe also no blemishe therein.
• Lev 22:27 : 27 When a bullocke, or a sheepe, or a goate is brought foorth, it shalbe seuen dayes vnder the damme: And from the eyght day and thencefoorth, it shalbe accepted for a burnt sacrifice vnto the Lorde.
• Num 8:12 : 12 And the Leuites shal put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes: and thou shalt offer the one for a sinne offeryng, and the other for a burnt offeryng vnto the Lorde, that thou mayest make an attonement for the Leuites.