Leviticus 5:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.”

Leviticus 5:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 5:1620 words

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

חָטָאḥāṭāʾMiss

מִןminPart

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

יְשַׁלֵּםyəšalēmBe safe

וְאֶתwəʾet—

חֲמִישִׁתוֹḥămîšitwōFifth

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Add

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

לַכֹּהֵןlakōhēnTo officiating

וְהַכֹּהֵןwəhakōhēnAnd the officiating

יְכַפֵּרyəḵapērCover

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

בְּאֵילbəʾêlIn strength

הָאָשָׁםhāʾāšāmThe guilt

וְנִסְלַחwənisəlaḥAnd forgive

לוֹlwōTo

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

חָטָאḥāṭāʾMiss

מִןminPart

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

יְשַׁלֵּםyəšalēmBe safe

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חֲמִישִׁתוֹḥămîšitwōFifth

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Add

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

לַכֹּהֵןlakōhēnTo officiating

וְהַכֹּהֵןwəhakōhēnAnd the officiating

יְכַפֵּרyəḵapērCover

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

בְּאֵילbəʾêlIn strength

הָאָשָׁםhāʾāšāmThe guilt

וְנִסְלַחwənisəlaḥAnd forgive

לוֹlwōTo

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