The Meaning of Leviticus 21:2 Explained

Leviticus 21:2

KJV: But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

YLT: except for his relation who is near unto him -- for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

Darby: except for his immediate relation, who is near unto him for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;

ASV: except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But for his kin,  that is near  unto him, [that is], for his mother,  and for his father,  and for his son,  and for his daughter,  and for his brother, 

What does Leviticus 21:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 21

1  Of the priests' mourning
6  Of their holiness
7  Of their marriages
8  Of their estimation
9  Of the high priest's holiness
10  Of his marriage
13  The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary

What do the individual words in Leviticus 21:2 mean?

except for his relatives who are nearest to him his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother
כִּ֚י אִם־ לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹ הַקָּרֹ֖ב --אֵלָ֑יו לְאִמּ֣וֹ וּלְאָבִ֔יו וְלִבְנ֥וֹ וּלְבִתּ֖וֹ וּלְאָחִֽיו

כִּ֚י  except 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹ  his  relatives 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שְׁאֵר  
Sense: flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman.
הַקָּרֹ֖ב  who  are  nearest 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קָרֹוב  
Sense: near.
--אֵלָ֑יו  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
לְאִמּ֣וֹ  his  mother 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
וּלְאָבִ֔יו  and  his  father 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וְלִבְנ֥וֹ  and  his  son 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וּלְבִתּ֖וֹ  and  his  daughter 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
וּלְאָחִֽיו  and  his  brother 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.

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