Numbers 15:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance:”

Numbers 15:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 15:2523 words

וְכִפֶּרwəḵiperAnd cover

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

עַלʿalAbove

כָּלkālWhole

עֲדַתʿădatAssemblage

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְנִסְלַחwənisəlaḥAnd forgive

לָהֶםlāhemTo

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שְׁגָגָהšəgāgāhMistake

הִואhiwʾHe

וְהֵםwəhēmAnd they

הֵבִיאוּhēvîʾûGo

אֶתʾet—

קָרְבָּנָםqārəbānāmBrought near

אִשֶּׁהʾišehBurnt-offering

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

וְחַטָּאתָםwəḥaṭāʾtāmAnd offence

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עַלʿalAbove

שִׁגְגָתָםšigəgātāmMistake

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְכִפֶּרwəḵiperAnd cover

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

עַלʿalAbove

כָּלkālWhole

עֲדַתʿădatAssemblage

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְנִסְלַחwənisəlaḥAnd forgive

לָהֶםlāhemTo

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שְׁגָגָהšəgāgāhMistake

הִואhiwʾHe

וְהֵםwəhēmAnd they

הֵבִיאוּhēvîʾûGo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

קָרְבָּנָםqārəbānāmBrought near

אִשֶּׁהʾišehBurnt-offering

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

וְחַטָּאתָםwəḥaṭāʾtāmAnd offence

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עַלʿalAbove

שִׁגְגָתָםšigəgātāmMistake

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