Leviticus 1:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

But its entrails and its legs shall he wash with water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְקִרְבּ֥וֹ וּכְרָעָ֖יו יִרְחַ֣ץ בַּמָּ֑יִם וְהִקְטִ֨יר הַכֹּהֵ֤ן אֶת־הַכֹּל֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה עֹלָ֛ה אִשֵּׁ֥ה רֵֽיחַ־נִיח֖וֹחַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-qirbô û-ḵərāʿāyw yirḥaṣ ba-māyim, wə-hiqṭîr ha-kōhēn ʾet-ha-kōl ha-mizbēḥâ, ʿōlâ ʾiššê rêaḥ-nîḥôaḥ la-YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *wə-qirbô*: waw conjunctive + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and its entrails
• *û-ḵərāʿāyw*: waw conjunctive + noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and its legs
• *yirḥaṣ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall wash
• *ba-māyim*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with definite article - in the water
• *wə-hiqṭîr*: waw conjunctive + Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall burn as incense
• *ha-kōhēn*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the priest
• *ha-kōl*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the whole/all
• *ha-mizbēḥâ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article + directional heh - to the altar
• *ʿōlâ*: noun, feminine singular - burnt offering
• *ʾiššê*: noun, masculine singular construct - fire offering
• *rêaḥ-nîḥôaḥ*: construct phrase - soothing aroma/pleasing odor

Word Meanings

• *wə-qirbô*: and its entrails/innards/inward parts
• *û-ḵərāʿāyw*: and its legs/shanks
• *wə-hiqṭîr*: and he shall burn/offer up in smoke/turn into smoke
• *ʾiššê*: fire offering/offering made by fire
• *rêaḥ-nîḥôaḥ*: soothing aroma/pleasing odor/sweet savor

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But his inwards and his gs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but its inwards{H7130} and its legs{H3767} shall he wash{H7364} with water.{H4325} And the priest{H3548} shall burn{H6999} the whole on the altar,{H4196} for a burnt-offering,{H5930} an offering made by fire,{H801} of a sweet{H5207} savor{H7381} unto Jehovah.{H3068}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But his inwards{H7130} and his legs{H3767} shall he wash{H7364}{(H8799)} in water{H4325}: and the priest{H3548} shall burn{H6999}{(H8689)} all on the altar{H4196}, to be a burnt sacrifice{H5930}, an offering made by fire{H801}, of a sweet{H5207} savour{H7381} unto the LORD{H3068}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But the inwardes ad the legges they shall wash in water, and the preast shall burne altogither apon the alter, that it be a burntsacrifice, and an offerynge of a swete odoure vnto the Lorde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But ye bowels & legges shal be wasshen with water, and the prest shal burne alltogether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice: this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But the inwardes thereof and the legges thereof he shall wash in water, and the Priest shal burne all on the altar: for it is a burnt offering, an oblation made by fire, for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But the inwardes and the legges thereof shall he washe in water, & the priest shall burne all in the aulter, that they may be a burnt sacrifice, an offeryng made by fire for a sweete odour vnto the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, [to be] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  but its innards and its legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and its inwards and its legs he doth wash with water; and the priest hath made perfume with the whole on the altar, a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water: and the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water. And the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But its inside parts and its legs are to be washed with water, and it will all be burned on the altar by the priest for a burned offering, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  but its innards and its legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Finally, the one presenting the offering must wash its entrails and its legs in water and the priest must offer all of it up in smoke on the altar– it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
• Lev 1:13 : 13 But he shall wash the entrails and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
• Exod 29:18 : 18 And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to the LORD, it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
• Ezek 20:41 : 41 I will accept you with your sweet aroma, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
• Lev 3:11 : 11 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the fire offering to the LORD.
• Lev 8:21 : 21 And he washed the entrails and the legs in water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Lev 9:14 : 14 And he washed the entrails and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar.
• Num 15:8-9 : 8 And when you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in fulfilling a vow, or peace offerings to the LORD: 9 Then he shall bring with the bull a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil. 10 And you shall bring as a drink offering half a hin of wine, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
• Ps 51:6 : 6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part you shall make me know wisdom.
• Ps 66:15 : 15 I will offer to you burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.
• Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?
• Ezek 20:28 : 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provoking of their offering: there also they made their sweet savor, and poured out there their drink offerings.
• Matt 23:25-28 : 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
• 2 Cor 2:15 : 15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
• Exod 29:25 : 25 You shall receive them back from their hands and burn them on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the LORD. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
• Lev 1:17 : 17 And he shall split it at its wings, but shall not divide it completely: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, on the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
• 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.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.