The Meaning of Leviticus 27:33 Explained

Leviticus 27:33

KJV: He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

YLT: he enquireth not between good and bad, nor doth he change it; and if he really change it -- then it hath been -- it and its exchange is holy; it is not redeemed.'

Darby: He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it; and if he change it at all, then both it and the exchange thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

ASV: He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He shall not search  whether it be good  or bad,  neither shall he change  it: and if he change  it at all,  then both it and the change  thereof shall be holy;  it shall not be redeemed. 

What does Leviticus 27:33 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 27

1  He who makes a singular vow must be the Lord's
3  The estimation of the person
9  of a beast given by vow
14  of a house
16  of a field, and the redemption thereof
28  No devoted thing may be redeemed
30  The tithe may not be changed

What do the individual words in Leviticus 27:33 mean?

Not He shall inquire whether it is good or bad nor shall he exchange it and if at all he exchanges it then [both] it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy it shall be redeemed
לֹ֧א יְבַקֵּ֛ר בֵּֽין־ ט֥וֹב לָרַ֖ע וְלֹ֣א יְמִירֶ֑נּוּ וְאִם־ הָמֵ֣ר יְמִירֶ֔נּוּ וְהָֽיָה־ ה֧וּא וּתְמוּרָת֛וֹ יִֽהְיֶה־ קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִגָּאֵֽל

יְבַקֵּ֛ר  He  shall  inquire 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּקַר  
Sense: to seek, enquire, consider.
בֵּֽין־  whether 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
ט֥וֹב  it  is  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
לָרַ֖ע  or  bad 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
וְלֹ֣א  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יְמִירֶ֑נּוּ  shall  he  exchange  it 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּר 
Sense: to change, exchange.
וְאִם־  and  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
הָמֵ֣ר  at  all 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive absolute
Root: מוּר 
Sense: to change, exchange.
יְמִירֶ֔נּוּ  he  exchanges  it 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּר 
Sense: to change, exchange.
ה֧וּא  [both]  it 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
וּתְמוּרָת֛וֹ  and  the  one  exchanged  for  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: תְּמוּרָה  
Sense: that which is exchanged, exchange, substitute, recompense.
יִֽהְיֶה־  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
קֹ֖דֶשׁ  holy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
יִגָּאֵֽל  it  shall  be  redeemed 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גְּאוּלִים 
Sense: to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman.

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