Leviticus 5:17

“And if a person sins and does any one of all the commandments of YHWH concerning things that should not be done, though he did not know it, he is guilty and shall bear his iniquity.”

Leviticus 5:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 5:17, word by word

a personנֶפֶשׁnefesh

person

Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.

Where else “nefesh” appears
sinsתֶחֱטָאtecheta

sin

To do wrong, fail God or another.

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and doesעָשְׂתָהasta

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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any oneאַחַתachat

one

The number one; just one and no more.

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the commandmentsמִצְוֺתmitsvot

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

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of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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know itיָדַעyada

know

To know something, realize.

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he is guiltyאָשֵׁםashem

be guilty

Be guilty; bear the guilt of something, and so suffer its punishment.

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and shall bearנָשָׂאnasa

bear

To bear the consequences of a fault, like someone carrying a weight.

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his iniquityעֲוֺנavon

iniquity

A serious wrong.

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The context

16And what he has sinned against the holy thing he shall restore, and he shall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make expiation for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.

17 · This verse (above)

18He shall bring a ram without defect from the flock, by your valuation, as a guilt offering, to the priest, and the priest shall make expiation for him for his inadvertence in which he erred without knowing it, and he will be forgiven.

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