The Meaning of Numbers 29:13 Explained

Numbers 29:13

KJV: And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:

YLT: and have brought near a burnt-offering, a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance, to Jehovah; thirteen bullocks, sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year; perfect ones they are;

Darby: and ye shall present a burnt-offering, an offering by fire for a sweet odour to Jehovah: thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs (they shall be without blemish);

ASV: and ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And ye shall offer  a burnt offering,  a sacrifice made by fire,  of a sweet  savour  unto the LORD;  thirteen  young  bullocks,  two  rams,  [and] fourteen  lambs  of the first  year;  they shall be without blemish: 

What does Numbers 29:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 29

1  The offering at the feast of trumpets
7  At the day of afflicting their souls
12  And on the eight days of the feast of tabernacles

What do the individual words in Numbers 29:13 mean?

And You shall present a burnt offering an offering made by fire as a aroma sweet to Yahweh: bulls son of a bull three [and] ten rams two [and] lambs of the first year four without blemish they shall be
וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם עֹלָ֜ה אִשֵּׁ֨ה רֵ֤יחַ נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה פָּרִ֧ים בְּנֵי־ בָקָ֛ר שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אֵילִ֣ם שְׁנָ֑יִם כְּבָשִׂ֧ים בְּנֵֽי־ שָׁנָ֛ה אַרְבָּעָ֥ה תְּמִימִ֥ם יִהְיֽוּ

וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם  And  You  shall  present 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
עֹלָ֜ה  a  burnt  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
אִשֵּׁ֨ה  an  offering  made  by  fire  as 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִשֶּׁה  
Sense: burnt-offering, offering made by fire, fire offering.
רֵ֤יחַ  a  aroma 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֵיחַ  
Sense: scent, fragrance, aroma, odour.
נִיחֹ֙חַ֙  sweet 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נִיחֹחַ  
Sense: soothing, quieting, tranquillising.
לַֽיהוָ֔ה  to  Yahweh: 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
פָּרִ֧ים  bulls 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: פַּר  
Sense: .
בְּנֵי־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
בָקָ֛ר  of  a  bull 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּקָר  
Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
עָשָׂ֖ר  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
אֵילִ֣ם  rams 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
שְׁנָ֑יִם  two 
Parse: Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
כְּבָשִׂ֧ים  [and]  lambs 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֶּבֶשׂ  
Sense: lamb, sheep, young ram.
בְּנֵֽי־  of  the  first 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שָׁנָ֛ה  year 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
אַרְבָּעָ֥ה  four 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
תְּמִימִ֥ם  without  blemish 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: תָּמִים  
Sense: complete, whole, entire, sound.
יִהְיֽוּ  they  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.