Numbers 29:2

“You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to YHWH: one young bull, one ram, seven lambs a year old, without defect;”

Numbers 29:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 29:2, word by word

You shall offerעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem

prepare

To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.

Where else “asitem” appears
a burnt offeringעֹלָהola

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

Where else “ola” appears
for a pleasing aromaרֵיחַreach

aroma, smell

Smell, scent, aroma; "pleasing aroma" is said of offerings accepted by God.

Where else “reach” appears
for a pleasing aromaנִיחֹחַnichoach

pleasing, soothing

Pleasing, soothing. "A pleasing aroma" is the way of saying that God receives a sacrifice with favor.

Where else “nichoach” appears
to YHWHיהוָהyhva

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.

Where else “yhva” appears
oneאֶחָדechad

one

The number one; just one and no more.

Where else “echad” appears
young bullפַּרpar

bull

Young bull, bullock.

Where else “par” appears
young bullבֶּןben

young

An animal's offspring, its little one.

Where else “ben” appears
young bullבָּקָרbakar

cattle, herd

Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.

Where else “bakar” appears
ramאַיִלayil

ram

A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.

Where else “ayil” appears
sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

Where else “shiva” appears
lambsכְּבָשִׂיםkevasim

lamb

Lamb: a young sheep, male (a young ram).

Where else “kevasim” appears
a year oldשָׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shana” appears
without defectתְּמִימִםtemimim

without defect

Without defect, whole.

Where else “temimim” appears

The context

1And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. It shall be a day of acclamation for you.

2 · This verse (above)

3and their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil: three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the ram,

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