And breadוְלֶחֶםor roasted grainוְקָלִיor fresh grainוְכַרְמֶלyou shall notלֹאeatתֹאכְלוּuntilעַדthisהַזֶּהveryעֶצֶםday,הַיּוֹםuntilעַדyou have broughtהֲבִיאֲכֶםthe offeringאֶת קָרְבַּןof your Elohim;אֱלֹהֵיכֶםit is a statuteחֻקַּתforeverעוֹלָםthroughout your generationsלְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםin allבְּכֹלyour dwellings.מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם
Leviticus 23:14
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.