Leviticus 6:17

“It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion from my fire offerings; it is a most holy thing, like the sin offering and like the guilt offering.”

Leviticus 6:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 6:17, word by word

be bakedתֵאָפֶהteafe

bake

Bake bread; as a noun, "baker".

Where else “teafe” appears
with leavenחָמֵץchamets

what is leavened

What is leavened: bread or dough that has fermented.

Where else “chamets” appears
I have givenנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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as their portionחֶלְקָchelka

portion

What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".

Where else “chelka” appears
from my fire offeringsאִשָּׁisha

fire offering

Fire offering: an offering burned on the altar for God; sometimes any sacrifice.

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a most holy thingקֹדֶשׁkodesh

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

Where else “kodesh” appears
like the sin offeringחַטָּאתchatat

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

Where else “chatat” appears
and like the guilt offeringאָשָׁםasham

guilt offering

The sacrifice to make amends.

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The context

16What is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; it shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place; in the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it.

17 · This verse (above)

18Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it, as a statute forever throughout your generations, from the fire offerings of YHWH. Whatever touches them will become holy.”

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