The Meaning of Leviticus 10:15 Explained

Leviticus 10:15

KJV: The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.

YLT: the leg of the heave-offering, and breast of the wave-offering, besides fire-offerings of the fat, they do bring in to wave a wave-offering before Jehovah, and it hath been to thee, and to thy sons with thee, by a statute age-during, as Jehovah hath commanded.'

Darby: The shoulder of the heave-offering and the breast of the wave-offering shall they bring, with the fire-offering of the pieces of fat, to wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah; and they shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, for an everlasting statute, as Jehovah has commanded.

ASV: The heave-thigh and the wave-breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: and it shall be thine, and thy sons with thee, as a portion for ever; as Jehovah hath commanded.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The heave  shoulder  and the wave  breast  shall they bring  with the offerings made by fire  of the fat,  to wave  [it for] a wave offering  before  the LORD;  and it shall be thine, and thy sons'  with thee, by a statute  for ever;  as the LORD  hath commanded. 

What does Leviticus 10:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 10

1  Aadab and Abihu, for offering strange fire, are burnt by fire
6  Aaron and his sons are forbidden to mourn for them
8  The priests are forbidden wine when they are to go into the tabernacle
12  The law of eating the holy things
16  Aaron's excuse for transgressing thereof

What do the individual words in Leviticus 10:15 mean?

The thigh of the heave offering and the breast of the wave offering with the offerings made by fire of fat they shall bring to offer wave [as] a offering before Yahweh and it shall be yours and your sons' with you by a statute forever as has commanded Yahweh
שׁ֣וֹק הַתְּרוּמָ֞ה וַחֲזֵ֣ה הַתְּנוּפָ֗ה עַ֣ל אִשֵּׁ֤י הַחֲלָבִים֙ יָבִ֔יאוּ לְהָנִ֥יף תְּנוּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְהָיָ֨ה לְךָ֜ וּלְבָנֶ֤יךָ אִתְּךָ֙ לְחָק־ עוֹלָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָֽה

שׁ֣וֹק  The  thigh 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שֹׁוק  
Sense: leg, thigh.
הַתְּרוּמָ֞ה  of  the  heave  offering 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּרוּמָה  
Sense: contribution, offering.
וַחֲזֵ֣ה  and  the  breast 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חָזֶה  
Sense: breast (of animals), breast of an animal sacrifice.
הַתְּנוּפָ֗ה  of  the  wave  offering 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּנוּפָה  
Sense: swinging, waving, wave offering, offering.
אִשֵּׁ֤י  the  offerings  made  by  fire 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִשֶּׁה  
Sense: burnt-offering, offering made by fire, fire offering.
הַחֲלָבִים֙  of  fat 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֵלֶב  
Sense: fat.
יָבִ֔יאוּ  they  shall  bring 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
לְהָנִ֥יף  to  offer  wave 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: הֲנָפָה 
Sense: to move to and fro, wave, besprinkle.
תְּנוּפָ֖ה  [as]  a  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּנוּפָה  
Sense: swinging, waving, wave offering, offering.
לִפְנֵ֣י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וְהָיָ֨ה  and  it  shall  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְךָ֜  yours 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
וּלְבָנֶ֤יךָ  and  your  sons' 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אִתְּךָ֙  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
לְחָק־  by  a  statute 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֹק  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due.
עוֹלָ֔ם  forever 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
צִוָּ֥ה  has  commanded 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
יְהוָֽה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.