Leviticus 22:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Or cause them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִשִּׂ֤יאוּ אוֹתָם֙ עֲוֺ֣ן אַשְׁמָ֔ה בְּאָכְלָ֖ם אֶת־קָדְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

wə-hiśśîʾû ʾôtām ʿăwōn ʾašmāh bə-ʾoklām ʾet-qodšêhem kî ʾănî YHWH məqaddəšām

Grammar Details

• *wə-hiśśîʾû*: conjunction + Hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - and cause to bear
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *ʿăwōn*: noun masculine singular construct - iniquity of
• *ʾašmāh*: noun feminine singular - guilt offering
• *bə-ʾoklām*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their eating
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *qodšêhem*: noun masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their holy things
• *kî*: conjunction - for
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *məqaddəšām*: Piel participle masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their sanctifier

Word Meanings

• *hiśśîʾû*: cause to bear, load upon, bring upon
• *ʿăwōn* *ʾašmāh*: iniquity of guilt, guilt of sin, punishment for guilt
• *bə-ʾoklām*: in their eating, when they eat
• *qodšêhem*: their holy things, their sacred offerings
• *məqaddəšām*: their sanctifier, who sanctifies them, who makes them holy

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  By doing so, they would make the people guilty of wrongdoing for eating their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who makes them holy.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and [so] cause them to bear{H5375} the iniquity{H5771} that bringeth guilt,{H819} when they eat{H398} their holy things:{H6944} for I am Jehovah{H3068} who sanctifieth{H6942} them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or suffer them to bear{H5375}{(H8689)} the iniquity{H5771} of trespass{H819}, when they eat{H398}{(H8800)} their holy things{H6944}: for I the LORD{H3068} do sanctify{H6942}{(H8764)} them.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  lest they lade them selues with mysdoynge and trespace in eatynge their halowed thinges: for I am the Lorde which halowe them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  lest they lade them selues with mysdoinge and trespace, wha they eate their halowed thynges, for I am ye LORDE which halowe the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Neither cause the people to beare the iniquitie of their trespas, while they eate their holy thing: for I the Lorde do halowe them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  To lade them selues with misdoyng and trespasse while they eate their holy thinges: for I the Lorde do halowe them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  nor have caused them to bear the iniquity of the guilt-offering in their eating their holy things; for I `am' Jehovah, sanctifying them.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and `so' cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and [so] cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So causing sin to come on them when they take their holy things for food: I am the Lord who make them holy.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

Referenced Verses

• Lev 22:9 : 9 They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die thereby, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
• Ps 38:4 : 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
• Isa 53:11-12 : 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
• Lev 7:18 : 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, nor shall it be counted to him who offers it: it shall be an abomination, and the person who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
• Lev 20:8 : 8 And you shall keep my statutes and do them: I am the LORD who sanctifies you.