The Meaning of Leviticus 22:27 Explained

Leviticus 22:27

KJV: When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

YLT: 'When ox or lamb or goat is born, and it hath been seven days under its dam, then from the eighth day and henceforth, it is pleasing for an offering, a fire-offering to Jehovah;

Darby: An ox, or a sheep, or a goat, when it is brought forth, shall be seven days under its dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering by fire to Jehovah.

ASV: When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When a bullock,  or a sheep,  or a goat,  is brought forth,  then it shall be seven  days  under the dam;  and from the eighth  day  and thenceforth  it shall be accepted  for an offering  made by fire  unto the LORD. 

What does Leviticus 22:27 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 22:27 mean?

a bull or a sheep a goat when is born and it shall be seven days with its mother and from day the eighth and thereafter it shall be accepted as an offering made by fire to Yahweh
שׁ֣וֹר אוֹ־ כֶ֤שֶׂב עֵז֙ כִּ֣י יִוָּלֵ֔ד וְהָיָ֛ה שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים תַּ֣חַת אִמּ֑וֹ וּמִיּ֤וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי֙ וָהָ֔לְאָה יֵרָצֶ֕ה לְקָרְבַּ֥ן אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה

שׁ֣וֹר  a  bull 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁור  
Sense: ox, bull, a head of cattle.
כֶ֤שֶׂב  a  sheep 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּשֶׂב  
Sense: lamb, young ram, sheep.
עֵז֙  a  goat 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵז  
Sense: female goat, she-goat, goat, kid.
יִוָּלֵ֔ד  is  born 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
וְהָיָ֛ה  and  it  shall  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
שִׁבְעַ֥ת  seven 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
יָמִ֖ים  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
אִמּ֑וֹ  its  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
וּמִיּ֤וֹם  and  from  day 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַשְּׁמִינִי֙  the  eighth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁמִינִי  
Sense: eighth (ordinal number).
וָהָ֔לְאָה  and  thereafter 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: הַל 
Sense: out there, onwards, further.
יֵרָצֶ֕ה  it  shall  be  accepted 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָצָא 
Sense: to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably.
לְקָרְבַּ֥ן  as  an  offering 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קָרְבָּן 
Sense: offering, oblation.
אִשֶּׁ֖ה  made  by  fire 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִשֶּׁה  
Sense: burnt-offering, offering made by fire, fire offering.
לַיהוָֽה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.

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