The Meaning of Leviticus 22:19 Explained

Leviticus 22:19

KJV: Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

YLT: at your pleasure a perfect one, a male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats;

Darby: it shall be for your acceptance, without blemish, a male of the oxen, of the sheep, and of the goats.

ASV: that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Ye shall offer] at your own will  a male  without blemish,  of the beeves,  of the sheep,  or of the goats. 

What does Leviticus 22:19 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 22:19 mean?

[you shall offer] of your own free will without blemish a male from the cattle from the sheep or from the goats
לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑ם תָּמִ֣ים זָכָ֔ר בַּבָּקָ֕ר בַּכְּשָׂבִ֖ים וּבָֽעִזִּֽים

לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑ם  [you  shall  offer]  of  your  own  free  will 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: רָצֹון  
Sense: pleasure, delight, favour, goodwill, acceptance, will.
תָּמִ֣ים  without  blemish 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: תָּמִים  
Sense: complete, whole, entire, sound.
זָכָ֔ר  a  male 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָכָר  
Sense: male (of humans and animals) adj.
בַּבָּקָ֕ר  from  the  cattle 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּקָר  
Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
בַּכְּשָׂבִ֖ים  from  the  sheep 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֶּשֶׂב  
Sense: lamb, young ram, sheep.
וּבָֽעִזִּֽים  or  from  the  goats 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: עֵז  
Sense: female goat, she-goat, goat, kid.