The Meaning of Leviticus 10:20 Explained

Leviticus 10:20

KJV: And when Moses heard that, he was content.

YLT: And Moses hearkeneth, and it is good in his eyes.

Darby: And Moses heard it; and it was good in his sight.

ASV: And when Moses heard that , it was well-pleasing in his sight.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when Moses  heard  [that], he was content. 

What does Leviticus 10:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 10

1  Aadab and Abihu, for offering strange fire, are burnt by fire
6  Aaron and his sons are forbidden to mourn for them
8  The priests are forbidden wine when they are to go into the tabernacle
12  The law of eating the holy things
16  Aaron's excuse for transgressing thereof

What do the individual words in Leviticus 10:20 mean?

so when heard [that] Moses and he was content in his sight -
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַיִּיטַ֖ב בְּעֵינָֽיו פ

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע  so  when  heard  [that] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
מֹשֶׁ֔ה  Moses 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
וַיִּיטַ֖ב  and  he  was  content 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָטַב  
Sense: to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad.
בְּעֵינָֽיו  in  his  sight 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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