Leviticus 23:14

“And bread or roasted grain or fresh grain you shall not eat until this very day, until you have brought the offering of your Elohim; it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.”

Leviticus 23:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 23:14, word by word

And breadלֶחֶםlechem

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

Where else “lechem” appears
or roasted grainקָלִיkali

roasted grain

Grain roasted over the fire, eaten as it is.

Where else “kali” appears
or fresh grainכַרְמֶלcharmel

fresh grain

Tender ears of new grain, still green, before the full harvest.

Where else “charmel” appears
eatתֹאכְלוּtochlu

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “tochlu” appears
veryעֶצֶםetsem

very

With "day", it means "that very day", stressing that it happened right then.

Where else “etsem” appears
dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
you have broughtהֲבִיאֲhavia

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “havia” appears
the offeringקָרְבַּןkarban

offering

Offering (qorban): what is "brought near" to God. It comes from the verb "bring near" and is the general word for any offering; Jesus mentions it in Mark 7:11.

Where else “karban” appears
of your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
it is a statuteחֻקַּתchukat

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

Where else “chukat” appears
foreverעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

Where else “olam” appears
throughout your generationsדֹרֹתֵיdorote

generation

The people of the same time.

Where else “dorote” appears
your dwellingsמֹשְׁבֹתֵיmoshvote

dwelling

A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.

Where else “moshvote” appears

The context

13and its grain offering, two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, a fire offering to YHWH, a pleasing aroma; and its libation of wine, a fourth of a hin.

14 · This verse (above)

15And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven full Sabbaths they shall be.

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