Leviticus 5:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

📖 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 it unto the priest with the holy thing.
• Num 5:7 : 7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
• Lev 5:10 : 10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Lev 6:4-5 : 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, 5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
• Lev 27:13 : 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a 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 redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
• Lev 27:31 : 31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto 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 restore 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 blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
• Lev 4:26 : 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Lev 5:6 : 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
• Lev 5:13 : 13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.
• Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate{H8802)} me without a cause are more{H8804)} than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy{H8688)} me, being mine enemies{H8802)} wrongfully, are mighty{H8804)}: then I restored{H8686)} that which I took not away{H8804)}.
• 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 taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
• Heb 9:13-14 : 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge 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 sin not. 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 sins of the whole world.