Allוְ כָּלits fatחֶלְבּוֹhe shall offer up in smokeיַקְטִירon the altar,הַמִּזְבֵּחָהlike the fatכְּחֵלֶבof the sacrificeזֶבַחof peace.הַשְּׁלָמִיםSo the priestוְ הַכֹּהֵןshall make expiationכִפֶּרfor himעָלָיוfor his sin,מֵחַטָּאתוֹand he will be forgiven.וְנִסְלַח לוֹ
Leviticus 4:26
Study it in the app“All its fat he shall offer up in smoke on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace. So the priest shall make expiation for him for his sin, and he will be forgiven.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 4:26, word by word
- its fatחֶלְבּchelb
fat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelb” appears- he shall offer up in smokeיַקְטִירyaktir
burn up
To send up the sacrifice as smoke on the altar.
Where else “yaktir” appears- on the altarמִּזְבֵּחָmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- of the sacrificeזֶבַחzevach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appears- of peaceשְּׁלָמִיםshelamim
peace offerings
Peace offering: a sacrifice of which one part was burned for God and the rest was eaten by the one who offered it, as a sign of peace and fellowship with him (Leviticus 3).
Where else “shelamim” appears- So the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall make expiationכִפֶּרchiper
atone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “chiper” appears- for his sinחַטָּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- and he will be forgivenנִסְלַחnislach
forgive
Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.
Where else “nislach” appears
The context
25The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
26 · This verse (above)
27And if any one person of the people of the land sins inadvertently by doing any one of the commandments of YHWH concerning things that should not be done, and becomes guilty,