Leviticus 1:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

📖 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And let him put his hande apon the heed of the burntsacrifice, and fauoure shalbe geuen him to make an attonemet for hym,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  let him laye his hande vpon the heade of the burntofferynge, then shal he be reconcyled, so yt God shalbe mercifull vnto him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he shall put his hande vpon the head of the burnt offering, and it shalbe accepted to the Lorde, to be his atonement.

• 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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he hath laid his hand on the head of the burnt-offering, and it hath been accepted for him to make atonement for him;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 3:2 : 2 He shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around the altar.
• Exod 29:10 : 10 And you shall bring the bull before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.
• Exod 29:15 : 15 You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.
• 2 Chr 29:23-24 : 23 And they brought forth the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation, and they laid their hands upon them. 24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel, for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 I implore you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
• Lev 4:31 : 31 And he shall take away all its fat, as the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet aroma to the LORD; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Lev 4:26 : 26 And he shall burn all its fat upon the altar, as the fat of the peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Exod 29:19 : 19 You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.
• Lev 4:20 : 20 And he shall do with the bull as he did with the bull for a sin offering, so he shall do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
• Lev 3:8 : 8 He shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tent of meeting. Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood around the altar.
• Lev 3:13 : 13 He shall lay his hand upon its head, and kill it before the tent of meeting. The sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around the altar.
• Lev 4:4 : 4 And he shall bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, and shall lay his hand upon the bull's head, and kill the bull before the LORD.
• Lev 4:15 : 15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull before the LORD, and the bull shall be killed before the LORD.
• Lev 4:24 : 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering.
• Lev 8:14 : 14 And he brought the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering.
• Lev 8:22 : 22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
• Lev 9:7 : 7 And Moses said to Aaron, Go to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.
• Lev 16:21 : 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send it away by the hand of a suitable man into the wilderness:
• Lev 16:24 : 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
• Lev 4:29 : 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
• Num 15:25 : 25 And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
• Lev 4:35 : 35 And he shall take away all its fat, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire to the LORD; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Isa 56:7 : 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.
• Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
• Heb 10:4 : 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• 2 Cor 5:20-21 : 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
• Rom 3:25 : 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
• Rom 5:11 : 11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
• Isa 53:4-6 : 4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we considered him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement for our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Lev 5:6 : 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
• Lev 6:7 : 7 And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for anything of all that he has done in trespassing therein.
• Num 15:28 : 28 And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that sins ignorantly, when he sins by ignorance before the LORD, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
• Num 25:13 : 13 And he shall have it, and his descendants after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
• Lev 22:21 : 21 And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering in cattle or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish in it.
• Lev 22:27 : 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall be seven days under its mother; and from the eighth day onward it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
• Num 8:12 : 12 The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.