Leviticus 2:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when anyone offers a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense on it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנֶ֗פֶשׁ כִּֽי־תַקְרִ֞יב קָרְבַּ֤ן מִנְחָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה סֹ֖לֶת יִהְיֶ֣ה קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ וְיָצַ֤ק עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְנָתַ֥ן עָלֶ֖יהָ לְבֹנָֽה׃

Transliteration

And nephesh when takriv korban minchah to YHWH, solet shall be korbano, and he shall yatsak upon it shemen, and shall natan upon it levonah.

Grammar Details

• *nephesh*: noun, feminine, singular construct - soul/person/being
• *takriv*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - brings near/offers
• *korban*: noun, masculine, singular construct - offering/sacrifice
• *minchah*: noun, feminine, singular - grain offering/tribute/gift
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *solet*: noun, feminine, singular - fine flour
• *korbano*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his offering
• *yatsak*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - pour out
• *shemen*: noun, masculine, singular - oil
• *natan*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - put/place/give
• *levonah*: noun, feminine, singular - frankincense

Word Meanings

• *nephesh*: soul/person/being/life
• *takriv*: brings near/offers/presents
• *minchah*: grain offering/gift/tribute/present
• *solet*: fine flour/semolina

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When anyone presents a grain offering to the LORD, their offering is to be of fine flour. They are to pour oil on it and put frankincense on it.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when any{H5315} one offereth{H7126} an oblation{H7133} of a meal-offering{H4503} unto Jehovah,{H3068} his oblation{H7133} shall be of fine flour;{H5560} and he shall pour{H3332} oil{H8081} upon it, and put{H5414} frankincense{H3828} thereon:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when any{H5315} will offer{H7126}{(H8686)} a meat{H4503} offering{H7133} unto the LORD{H3068}, his offering{H7133} shall be of fine flour{H5560}; and he shall pour{H3332}{(H8804)} oil{H8081} upon it, and put{H5414}{(H8804)} frankincense{H3828} thereon:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf any soule will offer a meatoffrynge vnto the Lorde, his offerynge shalbe fine floure, and he shall poure thereto oyle ad put frankencens theron

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan a soule wyll offre a meatofferynge vnto the LORDE, then shal it be of fyne floure, and he shal poure oyle vpon it, and put frankencense theron,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when any will offer a meate offering vnto the Lorde, his offering shall be of fine floure, and he shall powre oyle vpon it, and put incense thereon,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The soule that will offer a meate offeryng vnto the Lorde, his offering shalbe of fine flowre: and he shall poure oyle vpon it, and put frankensence theron:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And when a person bringeth near an offering, a present to Jehovah, of flour is his offering, and he hath poured on it oil, and hath put on it frankincense;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when any one offereth an oblation of a meal-offering unto Jehovah, his oblation shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when any one offereth an oblation of a meal-offering unto Jehovah, his oblation shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when anyone makes a meal offering to the Lord, let his offering be of the best meal, with oil on it and perfume:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Grain Offering Regulations: Offering of Raw Flour“‘When a person presents a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of choice wheat flour, and he must pour olive oil on it and put frankincense on it.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 6:14-18 : 14 And this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. 15 And he shall take a handful of it, of the flour of the grain offering, and of the oil, and all the frankincense which is upon the grain offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet aroma, even its memorial, to the LORD. 16 And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat: with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it. 17 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it to them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. 18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat it. It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: everyone who touches them shall be holy.
• Lev 9:17 : 17 And he brought the grain offering, and took a handful of it, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
• Num 7:19 : 19 He offered for his offering one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering:
• Isa 66:20 : 20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
• Rev 8:3 : 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
• Jude 1:20 : 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
• Joel 1:9 : 9 The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
• Joel 2:14 : 14 Who knows if he will turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a grain offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God?
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts.
• Luke 1:9-9 : 9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the time of incense.
• John 6:35 : 35 And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he who comes to me shall never hunger; and he who believes in me shall never thirst.
• 1 John 2:20 : 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 But the anointing which you have received from him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in him.
• Num 15:4-9 : 4 Then he who offers his offering to the LORD shall bring a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil. 5 And you shall prepare a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 6 Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a grain offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil. 7 And for a drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 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. 11 Thus shall it be done for one bull, or for one ram, or for a lamb or a goat. 12 According to the number you prepare, so shall you do to everyone according to their number. 13 All who are native shall do these things in this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 14 And if a stranger lives with you, or whoever is among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, as you do, so shall he do. 15 One ordinance shall be for you of the congregation and also for the stranger who lives with you, an ordinance forever in your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. 16 One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who lives with you. 17 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 18 Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land where I bring you, 19 Then it shall be, when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a heave offering to the LORD. 20 You shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough as a heave offering: as the heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you heave it. 21 Of the first of your dough, you shall give to the LORD a heave offering in your generations.
• Num 7:13 : 13 And his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering:
• Lev 6:20-23 : 20 This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a perpetual grain offering, half of it in the morning, and half of it at night. 21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baked, you shall bring it in: and the baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer for a sweet aroma to the LORD. 22 And the priest of his sons who is anointed in his place shall offer it: it is a statute forever to the LORD; it shall be wholly burned. 23 For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned: it shall not be eaten.
• Lev 7:10-12 : 10 And every grain offering, mixed with oil, and dry, shall be for all the sons of Aaron, one as much as another. 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer to the LORD. 12 If he offers it for thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, fried.
• Exod 29:2 : 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes of unleavened bread mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil: of wheat flour you shall make them.
• Lev 2:4-8 : 4 And if you bring a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 5 And if your offering is a grain offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil. 6 You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. 7 And if your offering is a grain offering baked in a frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And you shall bring the grain offering made of these things to the LORD; and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar.
• Lev 2:15-16 : 15 And you shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. 16 And the priest shall burn the memorial portion of it, part of the beaten grain, and part of the oil, with all the frankincense; it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.