The Meaning of Numbers 15:22 Explained

Numbers 15:22

KJV: And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

YLT: 'And when ye err, and do not all these commands which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

Darby: And if ye sin inadvertently, and do not all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

ASV: And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if ye have erred,  and not observed  all these commandments,  which the LORD  hath spoken  unto Moses, 

What does Numbers 15:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 15

1  The law of the meat offering, and the drink offering
14  The stranger is under the same law
17  The law of the first of the dough
22  The sacrifice for sins of ignorance
30  The punishment of presumption
32  He who violated the Sabbath is stoned
37  The law of tassels

What do the individual words in Numbers 15:22 mean?

And if you sin unintentionally and not do observe - all commandments these which has spoken Yahweh to Moses
וְכִ֣י תִשְׁגּ֔וּ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ אֵ֥ת כָּל־ הַמִּצְוֺ֖ת הָאֵ֑לֶּה אֲשֶׁר־ דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־ מֹשֶֽׁה

וְכִ֣י  And  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
תִשְׁגּ֔וּ  you  sin  unintentionally 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁגָה  
Sense: to go astray, stray, err.
וְלֹ֣א  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תַעֲשׂ֔וּ  do  observe 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
אֵ֥ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַמִּצְוֺ֖ת  commandments 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מִצְוָה  
Sense: commandment.
הָאֵ֑לֶּה  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
דִּבֶּ֥ר  has  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מֹשֶֽׁה  Moses 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.