Speak to the Israelite people, and say to them: When any of you presents an offering of cattle to יהוה: You shall choose your offering from the herd or from the flock.
If your “human being” yet grammatically masculine; NJPS “any”) in 1.2. Both men and women brought sacrificial offerings. (So also in vv. 10, 14.) offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you shall make your offering a male without blemish. You shall bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, for acceptance in your behalf before יהוה.
Translation Notes
*your — Lit. “his,” pointing to the same non-specific referent as the socially generic noun ’adam (lit.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אםעלה
146
קרבנו
358
מןהבקר
397
זכר
227
תמים
490
יקריבנו
378
אלפתח
519
אהל
36
מועד
120
יקריב
322
אתו
407
לרצנו
376
לפני
170
יהוה
26
Leviticus 1:4
Gematria: 1690
וסמךידועלראשהעלהונרצהלולכפרעליו
You shall lay a hand upon the head of the burnt offering, that it may be acceptable in your behalf, in expiation for you.
The bull shall be slaughtered before יהוה; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall offer the blood, dashing the blood against all sides of the altar which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ושחט
323
אתבן
453
הבקר
307
לפני
170
יהוה
26
והקריבו
329
בני
62
אהרן
256
הכהנים
130
אתהדם
450
וזרקו
319
אתהדם
450
עלהמזבח
162
סביב
74
אשרפתח
989
אהל
36
מועד
120
Leviticus 1:6
Gematria: 2294
והפשיטאתהעלהונתחאתהלנתחיה
The burnt offering shall be flayed and cut up into sections.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והפשיט
410
אתהעלה
511
ונתח
464
אתה
406
לנתחיה
503
Leviticus 1:7
Gematria: 2291
ונתנובניאהרןהכהןאשעלהמזבחוערכועציםעלהאש
The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and lay out wood upon the fire;
Its entrails and legs shall be washed with water, and the priest shall turn the whole into smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to יהוה.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וקרבו
314
וכרעיו
312
ירחץ
308
במים
92
והקטיר
330
הכהן
80
אתהכל
456
המזבחה
67
עלה
105
אשה
306
ריחניחוח
300
ליהוהס
116
Leviticus 1:10
Gematria: 2567
ואםמןהצאןקרבנומןהכשביםאומןהעזיםלעלהזכרתמיםיקריבנו
If your offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, of sheep or of goats, you shall make your offering a male without blemish.
It shall be slaughtered before יהוה on the north side of the altar, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall dash its blood against all sides of the altar.
The entrails and the legs shall be washed with water; the priest shall offer up and turn the whole into smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to יהוה.
The priest shall bring it to the altar, pinch off its head, and turn it into smoke on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והקריבו
329
הכהן
80
אלהמזבח
93
ומלק
176
אתראשו
908
והקטיר
330
המזבחה
67
ונמצה
191
דמו
50
על
100
קיר
310
המזבח
62
Leviticus 1:16
Gematria: 3561
והסיראתמראתובנצתהוהשליךאתהאצלהמזבחקדמהאלמקוםהדשן
He shall remove its crop with its contents, .” and cast it into the place of the ashes, at the east side of the altar.
The priest shall tear it open by its wings, without severing it, and turn it into smoke on the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to יהוה.