Leviticus 4:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul sins through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and does against any of them:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֘ לֵאמֹר֒ נֶ֗פֶשׁ כִּֽי־תֶחֱטָ֤א בִשְׁגָגָה֙ מִכֹּל֙ מִצְוֺ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֣א תֵעָשֶׂ֑ינָה וְעָשָׂ֕ה מֵאַחַ֖ת מֵהֵֽנָּה׃

Transliteration

dabbēr ʾel-bənê yiśrāʾēl lēʾmōr nepeš kî-teḥĕṭāʾ bišgāgāh mikkōl miṣwōt YHWH ʾăšer lōʾ tēʿāśenāh wə-ʿāśāh mēʾaḥat mēhēnnāh

Grammar Details

• *dabbēr*: imperative, masculine singular - speak!
• *ʾel-bənê*: preposition + plural construct - to sons/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + infinitive construct - saying
• *nepeš*: noun, feminine singular - soul/person
• *kî-teḥĕṭāʾ*: conjunction + imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - when/if it sins
• *bišgāgāh*: preposition + noun - unintentionally/in error
• *mikkōl*: preposition + noun - from any of
• *miṣwōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - commandments of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾăšer lōʾ tēʿāśenāh*: relative pronoun + negative + imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - which should not be done
• *wə-ʿāśāh*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and does
• *mēʾaḥat*: preposition + numeral feminine - from one of
• *mēhēnnāh*: preposition + 3rd feminine plural pronoun - from them

Word Meanings

• *nepeš*: soul/person/being/life
• *bišgāgāh*: unintentionally/in error/by mistake
• *miṣwōt*: commandments/precepts
• *ʿāśāh*: do/perform/make/act

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Speak to the Israelites, saying: If any person sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments of the LORD that should not be done and breaks one of them,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} If any one{H5315} shall sin{H2398} unwittingly,{H7684} in any of the things which Jehovah{H3068} hath commanded{H4687} not to be done,{H6213} and shall do{H6213} any{H259} one of them:{H2007}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Speak{H1696}{(H8761)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, If a soul{H5315} shall sin{H2398}{(H8799)} through ignorance{H7684} against any of the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068} concerning things which ought not to be done{H6213}{(H8735)}, and shall do{H6213}{(H8804)} against any{H259} of them{H2007}:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  speake vnto the childern of Israel ad saye: when a soule synneth thorow ignoraunce and hath done any of those thinges which the Lorde hath forbydden in his commaundmentes to be done:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Speake vnto the childre of Israel, and saye: Whan a soule synneth thorow ignoraunce in any commaundemet of the LORDE, which he ought not to do: As namely,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If any shall sinne through ignorance, in any of the commandementes of the Lord, (which ought not to be done) but shall doe contrary to any of them,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, and saye, If a soule shall sinne through ignoraunce in any of the commaundementes of the Lord which ought not to be done, but shall do contrarie to any of them:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, When a person doth sin through ignorance against any of the commands of Jehovah `regarding things' which are not to be done, and hath done `something' against one of these --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one shall sin unwittingly, in any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one shall sin unwittingly, in any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Say to the children of Israel: These are the offerings of anyone who does wrong through error, doing any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Tell the Israelites,‘When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the LORD’s commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them–

Referenced Verses

• Lev 4:27 : 27 And if any one of the common people sins through ignorance, while doing something against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
• Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.
• Num 15:22-29 : 22 And if you have erred and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses, 23 Even all that the LORD has commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and onward through your generations; 24 Then it shall be, if anything is committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. 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: 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger who lives among them; since all the people were in ignorance. 27 And if any soul sins through ignorance, then he shall bring a female goat of the first year for a sin offering. 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. 29 You shall have one law for him who sins through ignorance, both for him who is native among the children of Israel and for the stranger who lives among them.
• Heb 9:7 : 7 But into the second the high priest went alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people:
• Jas 3:10 : 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
• Deut 19:4 : 4 And this is the case of the manslayer who shall flee there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, whom he did not hate in time past;
• 1 Sam 14:27 : 27 But Jonathan had not heard when his father charged the people with the oath, so he put out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
• 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• Heb 5:2 : 2 He can have compassion on the ignorant and on those who are straying, since he himself is also surrounded with weakness.
• Lev 5:15-18 : 15 If a person commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally in the holy things of the LORD, then he shall bring for his trespass to the LORD a ram without blemish from the flocks, valued by you in shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: 16 And he shall make restitution for the harm that he has done in the holy thing, and add one-fifth to it, and give it to the priest: and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 17 And if a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he did not know it, yet he is guilty, and shall bear his guilt. 18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish from the flock, valued by you, for a trespass offering, to the priest: and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his ignorance in which he erred and did not know it, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Gen 20:9 : 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and what wrong have I done to you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that should not be done.
• Lev 4:13 : 13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sins through ignorance, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
• Lev 4:22 : 22 When a ruler has sinned, and done something through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;