The Meaning of Leviticus 21:22 Explained

Leviticus 21:22

KJV: He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

YLT: Bread of his God -- of the most holy things, and of the holy things -- he doth eat;

Darby: The bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat;

ASV: He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He shall eat  the bread  of his God,  [both] of the most  holy,  and of the holy. 

What does Leviticus 21:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 21

1  Of the priests' mourning
6  Of their holiness
7  Of their marriages
8  Of their estimation
9  Of the high priest's holiness
10  Of his marriage
13  The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary

What do the individual words in Leviticus 21:22 mean?

The bread of his God - [both] the most holy and the holy He may eat
לֶ֣חֶם אֱלֹהָ֔יו מִקָּדְשֵׁ֖י הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים וּמִן־ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים יֹאכֵֽל

לֶ֣חֶם  The  bread 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
אֱלֹהָ֔יו  of  his  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
מִקָּדְשֵׁ֖י  - 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים  [both]  the  most  holy 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים  the  holy 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
יֹאכֵֽל  He  may  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.