The Meaning of Leviticus 22:14 Explained

Leviticus 22:14

KJV: And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

YLT: And when a man doth eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he hath added its fifth part to it, and hath given it to the priest, with the holy thing;

Darby: And if a man eat of a holy thing through inadvertence, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

ASV: And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if a man  eat  [of] the holy thing  unwittingly,  then he shall put  the fifth  [part] thereof unto it, and shall give  [it] unto the priest  with the holy thing. 

What does Leviticus 22:14 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 22:14 mean?

And a man if eats the holy [offering] unintentionally and add a fifth to it then he shall restore to the priest - a holy [offering]
וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּֽי־ יֹאכַ֥ל קֹ֖דֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה וְיָסַ֤ף חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו וְנָתַ֥ן לַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֶת־ הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ

וְאִ֕ישׁ  And  a  man 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יֹאכַ֥ל  eats 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
קֹ֖דֶשׁ  the  holy  [offering] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה  unintentionally 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁגָגָה  
Sense: sin, sin of error or inadvertence, inadvertent sin.
וְיָסַ֤ף  and  add 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ֙  a  fifth 
Parse: Number, ordinal feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֲמִישִׁי  
Sense: ordinal number, 5th.
עָלָ֔יו  to  it 
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.
וְנָתַ֥ן  then  he  shall  restore 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לַכֹּהֵ֖ן  to  the  priest 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ  a  holy  [offering] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.

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