The Meaning of Leviticus 22:11 Explained

Leviticus 22:11

KJV: But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

YLT: and when a priest buyeth a person, the purchase of his money, he doth eat of it, also one born in his house; they do eat of his bread.

Darby: But if a priest buy any one for money, he may eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they may eat of his food.

ASV: But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But if the priest  buy  [any] soul  with  his money,  he shall eat  of it, and he that is born  in his house:  they shall eat  of his meat. 

What does Leviticus 22:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 22

1  The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things
6  How they shall be cleansed
10  Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things
17  The sacrifices must be without blemish
26  The age of the sacrifice
29  The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving

What do the individual words in Leviticus 22:11 mean?

But the priest if buys a person with his money he may eat it and one who is born in his house they may eat his food
וְכֹהֵ֗ן כִּֽי־ יִקְנֶ֥ה נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ קִנְיַ֣ן כַּסְפּ֔וֹ ה֖וּא יֹ֣אכַל בּ֑וֹ וִילִ֣יד בֵּית֔וֹ הֵ֖ם יֹאכְל֥וּ בְלַחְמֽוֹ

וְכֹהֵ֗ן  But  the  priest 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
יִקְנֶ֥ה  buys 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָנָה 
Sense: to get, acquire, create, buy, possess.
נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙  a  person 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
כַּסְפּ֔וֹ  his  money 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
יֹ֣אכַל  may  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
וִילִ֣יד  and  one  who  is  born 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יָלִיד  
Sense: born.
בֵּית֔וֹ  in  his  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יֹאכְל֥וּ  may  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
בְלַחְמֽוֹ  his  food 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.

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