Leviticus 23:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֶחֶם֩ וְקָלִ֨י וְכַרְמֶ֜ל לֹ֣א תֹֽאכְל֗וּ עַד־עֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה עַ֚ד הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־קָרְבַּ֖ן אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכֹ֖ל מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-leḥem wə-qālî wə-ḵarmel lōʾ tōʾḵəlû ʿad-ʿeṣem hayyôm hazzeh ʿad hăḇîʾăḵem ʾet-qorban ʾĕlōhêḵem ḥuqqat ʿôlām lə-dōrōtêḵem bə-ḵōl mōšəḇōtêḵem

Grammar Details

• *wə-leḥem*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and bread
• *wə-qālî*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and roasted/parched grain
• *wə-ḵarmel*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and fresh/fresh ears of grain
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *tōʾḵəlû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall eat
• *ʿad*: preposition - until
• *ʿeṣem*: noun, feminine singular, construct - very/selfsame
• *hayyôm*: article + noun, masculine singular - the day
• *hazzeh*: article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
• *hăḇîʾăḵem*: Hiphil infinitive construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your bringing
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *qorban*: noun, masculine singular, construct - offering of
• *ʾĕlōhêḵem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God
• *ḥuqqat*: noun, feminine singular, construct - statute/ordinance of
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever/eternity
• *lə-dōrōtêḵem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - for your generations
• *bə-ḵōl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular, construct - in all of
• *mōšəḇōtêḵem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your dwelling places/settlements

Word Meanings

• *leḥem*: bread/food/grain
• *qālî*: roasted grain/parched corn
• *karmel*: fresh grain/fresh ears/garden produce
• *ʿeṣem* *hayyôm* *hazzeh*: this very day/this selfsame day
• *qorban*: offering/oblation/sacrifice
• *ḥuqqat* *ʿôlām*: perpetual statute/everlasting ordinance

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until the very day you bring this offering to your God. This is a perpetual statute for your generations in all your dwellings.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And ye shall eat{H398} neither bread,{H3899} nor parched grain,{H7039} nor fresh ears,{H3759} until this selfsame{H6106} day,{H3117} until{H5704} ye have brought{H935} the oblation{H7133} of your God:{H430} it is a statute{H2708} for ever{H5769} throughout your generations{H1755} in all your dwellings.{H4186}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} neither bread{H3899}, nor parched corn{H7039}, nor green ears{H3759}, until the selfsame{H6106}{H2088} day{H3117} that{H5704} ye have brought{H935}{(H8687)} an offering{H7133} unto your God{H430}: it shall be a statute{H2708} for ever{H5769} throughout your generations{H1755} in all your dwellings{H4186}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And ye shall eate nether bred, nor parched corne, nor furmentye of new corne: vntyll the selfe same daye that ye haue broughte an offrynge vnto youre God. And this shalbe a lawe for euer vnto youre childern after you, where soeuer ye dwell.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And ye shall eate nether bred, nor cakes, ner furmentye (of new corne) tyll the same daye that ye brynge an offerynge vnto youre God. This shalbe a lawe vnto youre posterities, where so euer ye dwell.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And ye shal eat neither bread nor parched corne, nor greene eares vntill the selfe same day that ye haue brought an offring vnto your God: this shalbe a lawe for euer in your generations and in all your dwellings.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And ye shal eate neither bread nor parched corne, nor greene eares, vntyl ye selfe same day that ye haue brought an offering vnto your God: Let this be a lawe for euer in your generations, and in all your dwellynges.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall eat neither bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And bread and roasted corn and full ears ye do not eat until this self-same day, until your bringing in the offering of your God -- a statute age-during to your generations, in all your dwellings.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you may take no bread or dry grain or new grain for food till the very day on which you have given the offering for your God: this is a rule for ever through all your generations wherever you are living.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall eat neither bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this very day, until you bring the offering of your God. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 34:26 : 26 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
• Lev 3:17 : 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
• Lev 10:11 : 11 and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.'
• Lev 19:23-25 : 23 And when you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as uncircumcised: three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you: it shall not be eaten. 24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy to praise the LORD with. 25 And in the fifth year you shall eat of its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am the LORD your God.
• Lev 25:2-3 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath to the LORD. 3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;
• Num 15:20-21 : 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.
• Deut 16:12 : 12 And you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
• Josh 5:11-12 : 11 And they ate of the old grain of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread, and parched grain on the same day. 12 And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten of the old grain of the land; neither did the children of Israel have manna any more, but they ate of the produce of the land of Canaan that year.
• Neh 9:14 : 14 You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses Your servant.
• Ps 19:8 : 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
• Gen 4:4-5 : 4 And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect for Abel and his offering: 5 But for Cain and his offering he did not have respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.