So the priestוְ הַכֹּהֵןshall make expiationכִפֶּרfor himעָלָיוforעַלhis sinחַטָּאתוֹthatאֲשֶׁרhe has committedחָטָאin anyמֵאַחַתof these,מֵאֵלֶּהand he will be forgiven.וְנִסְלַח לוֹAnd the rest shall beוְהָיְתָהfor the priest,לַכֹּהֵןas with the grain offering.”כַּמִּנְחָה
Leviticus 5:13
Study it in the app“So the priest shall make expiation for him for his sin that he has committed in any of these, and he will be forgiven. And the rest shall be for the priest, as with the grain offering.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 5:13, word by word
- 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- his sinחַטָּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- he has committedחָטָאchata
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chata” appears- in anyאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- and he will be forgivenנִסְלַחnislach
forgive
Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.
Where else “nislach” appears- And the rest shall beהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- as with the grain offeringמִּנְחָהmincha
grain offering
The grain offering.
Where else “mincha” appears
The context
12He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take from it his full handful as its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar, on top of the fire offerings of YHWH; it is a sin offering.
13 · This verse (above)
14YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,