The Meaning of Numbers 28:7 Explained

Numbers 28:7

KJV: And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.

YLT: and its libation, a fourth of the hin for the one lamb; in the sanctuary cause thou a libation of strong drink to be poured out to Jehovah.

Darby: And the drink-offering thereof shall be a fourth part of a hin for one lamb; in the sanctuary shall the drink-offering of strong drink be poured out to Jehovah.

ASV: And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of strong drink unto Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the drink offering  thereof [shall be] the fourth  [part] of an hin  for the one  lamb:  in the holy  [place] shalt thou cause the strong wine  to be poured  unto the LORD  [for] a drink offering. 

What does Numbers 28:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 28

1  Offerings are to be observed
3  The continual burnt offering
9  The offering on the Sabbath
11  On the new Moons
16  At the Passover
26  In the day of the firstfruits

What do the individual words in Numbers 28:7 mean?

And its drink offering [shall be] a fourth of a hin for lamb one in a holy [place] you shall pour out as an offering the drink to Yahweh
וְנִסְכּוֹ֙ רְבִיעִ֣ת הַהִ֔ין לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ הָאֶחָ֑ד בַּקֹּ֗דֶשׁ הַסֵּ֛ךְ נֶ֥סֶךְ שֵׁכָ֖ר לַיהוָֽה

וְנִסְכּוֹ֙  And  its  drink  offering  [shall  be] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נֶסֶךְ 
Sense: drink offering, libation, molten image, something poured out.
רְבִיעִ֣ת  a  fourth 
Parse: Number, ordinal feminine singular construct
Root: רְבִיעִי 
Sense: fourth.
הַהִ֔ין  of  a  hin 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הִין  
Sense: hin.
לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ  for  lamb 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּבֶשׂ  
Sense: lamb, sheep, young ram.
הָאֶחָ֑ד  one 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
בַּקֹּ֗דֶשׁ  in  a  holy  [place] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
הַסֵּ֛ךְ  you  shall  pour  out 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: נָסַךְ 
Sense: to pour out, pour, offer, cast.
נֶ֥סֶךְ  as  an  offering 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נֶסֶךְ 
Sense: drink offering, libation, molten image, something poured out.
שֵׁכָ֖ר  the  drink 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁכָר  
Sense: strong drink, intoxicating drink, fermented or intoxicating liquor.
לַיהוָֽה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.