The Meaning of Leviticus 2:4 Explained

Leviticus 2:4

KJV: And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

YLT: And when thou bringest near an offering, a present baked in an oven, it is of unleavened cakes of flour mixed with oil, or thin unleavened cakes anointed with oil.

Darby: And if thou present an offering of an oblation baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

ASV: And when thou offerest an oblation of a meal-offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if thou bring  an oblation  of a meat offering  baken  in the oven,  [it shall be] unleavened  cakes  of fine flour  mingled  with oil,  or unleavened  wafers  anointed  with oil. 

What does Leviticus 2:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 2:1-16 - Meal-Offerings With Oil And Incense
The meal-offering, which is described in this chapter, portrayed in emblem the perfect character of our Lord. He was as fine flour, of the best quality, without grit or coarseness. There was nothing uneven, nothing rough and harsh, nothing unseemly or forbidding in Him. He was anointed with the oil of the Holy Spirit; His perfect obedience was fragrant to the Father, and should be so to us; there was no leaven of guile or hypocrisy in His constitution. See Ephesians 5:2. We should feed on His holy character by meditation, and resemble it in daily living. The interposition of the priest was an essential feature of the ancient ritual, informing us that our prayer and self-surrender are acceptable to God through our Savior. We are also reminded by Leviticus 2:14 that we are called to be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures to the Creator. See James 1:18. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 2

1  The meat offering with oil and incense
4  either baked in the oven
5  or on a plate
7  or in a frying pan
12  The first fruits not to be burnt on the altar,
13  Salt to be used with every offering
14  The offering of first fruits

What do the individual words in Leviticus 2:4 mean?

And if you bring as an offering a grain offering baked in the oven of fine flour cakes [it shall be] unleavened mixed with oil or wafers unleavened anointed with oil -
וְכִ֥י תַקְרִ֛ב קָרְבַּ֥ן מִנְחָ֖ה מַאֲפֵ֣ה תַנּ֑וּר סֹ֣לֶת חַלּ֤וֹת מַצֹּת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֥ים בַּשָּֽׁמֶן ס

וְכִ֥י  And  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
תַקְרִ֛ב  you  bring 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
קָרְבַּ֥ן  as  an  offering 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קָרְבָּן 
Sense: offering, oblation.
מִנְחָ֖ה  a  grain  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
מַאֲפֵ֣ה  baked  in 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַאֲפֶה  
Sense: baked, thing baked.
תַנּ֑וּר  the  oven 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: תַּנּוּר  
Sense: furnace, oven, fire-pot, (portable) stove.
סֹ֣לֶת  of  fine  flour 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: סׄלֶת  
Sense: fine flour.
חַלּ֤וֹת  cakes 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: חַלָּה  
Sense: cake, cake (if pierced) (probably perforated).
מַצֹּת֙  [it  shall  be]  unleavened 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַצָּה  
Sense: unleavened (bread, cake), without leaven.
בְּלוּלֹ֣ת  mixed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine plural
Root: בָּלַל 
Sense: to mix, mingle, confuse, confound.
בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן  with  oil 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
וּרְקִיקֵ֥י  or  wafers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רָקִיק  
Sense: thin cake, wafer.
מַצּ֖וֹת  unleavened 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַצָּה  
Sense: unleavened (bread, cake), without leaven.
מְשֻׁחִ֥ים  anointed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: מָשַׁח  
Sense: to smear, anoint, spread a liquid.
בַּשָּֽׁמֶן  with  oil 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation