Leviticus 23:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֶחֶם֩ וְקָלִ֨י וְכַרְמֶ֜ל לֹ֣א תֹֽאכְל֗וּ עַד־עֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה עַ֚ד הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־קָרְבַּ֖ן אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכֹ֖ל מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-leḥem wə-qālî wə-ḵarmel lōʾ tōʾḵəlû ʿad-ʿeṣem hayyôm hazzeh ʿad hăḇîʾăḵem ʾet-qorban ʾĕlōhêḵem ḥuqqat ʿôlām lə-dōrōtêḵem bə-ḵōl mōšəḇōtêḵem

Grammar Details

• *wə-leḥem*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and bread
• *wə-qālî*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and roasted/parched grain
• *wə-ḵarmel*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and fresh/fresh ears of grain
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *tōʾḵəlû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall eat
• *ʿad*: preposition - until
• *ʿeṣem*: noun, feminine singular, construct - very/selfsame
• *hayyôm*: article + noun, masculine singular - the day
• *hazzeh*: article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
• *hăḇîʾăḵem*: Hiphil infinitive construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your bringing
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *qorban*: noun, masculine singular, construct - offering of
• *ʾĕlōhêḵem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God
• *ḥuqqat*: noun, feminine singular, construct - statute/ordinance of
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever/eternity
• *lə-dōrōtêḵem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - for your generations
• *bə-ḵōl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular, construct - in all of
• *mōšəḇōtêḵem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your dwelling places/settlements

Word Meanings

• *leḥem*: bread/food/grain
• *qālî*: roasted grain/parched corn
• *karmel*: fresh grain/fresh ears/garden produce
• *ʿeṣem* *hayyôm* *hazzeh*: this very day/this selfsame day
• *qorban*: offering/oblation/sacrifice
• *ḥuqqat* *ʿôlām*: perpetual statute/everlasting ordinance

Referenced Verses

• Exod 34:26 : 26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
• Lev 3:17 : 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
• Lev 10:11 : 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
• Lev 19:23-25 : 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 uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
• Lev 25:2-3 : 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
• Num 15:20-21 : 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.
• Deut 16:12 : 12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
• Josh 5:11-12 : 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. 12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
• Neh 9:14 : 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
• Ps 19:8 : 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
• Gen 4:4-5 : 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.