The Meaning of Leviticus 15:15 Explained

Leviticus 15:15

KJV: And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue.

YLT: and the priest hath made them, one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering; and the priest hath made atonement for him before Jehovah, because of his issue.

Darby: And the priest shall offer them, one as a sin-offering, and one as a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah for his flux.

ASV: and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah for his issue.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the priest  shall offer  them, the one  [for] a sin offering,  and the other  [for] a burnt offering;  and the priest  shall make an atonement  for him before  the LORD  for his issue. 

What does Leviticus 15:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 15

1  The uncleanness of men in their issues
13  The cleansing of them
19  The uncleanness of women in their issues
28  Their cleansing

What do the individual words in Leviticus 15:15 mean?

And shall offer them the priest the one [as] a sin offering and the one [as] a burnt offering so shall make atonement for him the priest before Yahweh because of his discharge -
וְעָשָׂ֤ה אֹתָם֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶחָ֣ד חַטָּ֔את וְהָאֶחָ֖ד עֹלָ֑ה וְכִפֶּ֨ר עָלָ֧יו הַכֹּהֵ֛ן לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מִזּוֹבֽוֹ ס

וְעָשָׂ֤ה  And  shall  offer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
אֶחָ֣ד  the  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
חַטָּ֔את  [as]  a  sin  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
וְהָאֶחָ֖ד  and  the  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
עֹלָ֑ה  [as]  a  burnt  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
וְכִפֶּ֨ר  so  shall  make  atonement 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּפַר 
Sense: to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch.
עָלָ֧יו  for  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַכֹּהֵ֛ן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
לִפְנֵ֥י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מִזּוֹבֽוֹ  because  of  his  discharge 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: זׄוב  
Sense: a flow, issue, discharge, flux.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation