The Meaning of Leviticus 9:21 Explained

Leviticus 9:21

KJV: And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.

YLT: and the breasts, and the right leg hath Aaron waved -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, as He hath commanded Moses.

Darby: and the breast-pieces and the right shoulder Aaron waved as a wave-offering before Jehovah, as Moses had commanded.

ASV: and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah; as Moses commanded.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the breasts  and the right  shoulder  Aaron  waved  [for] a wave offering  before  the LORD;  as Moses  commanded. 

What does Leviticus 9:21 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 9:1-21 - Aaron's Offerings For Himself And The People
In the concluding verses of Leviticus 8:1-36 we read of Aaron and his sons feeding together on the flesh of the consecration-offering; and that for seven days, during which time they were not permitted to leave the Tabernacle-a striking figure of the present position of our Lord and His own, during this dispensation, shut in with God, and awaiting the manifestation of His glory.
May not this eighth day, on which the glory of the Lord appeared, be an emblem of that bright millennial morning when the congregation of Israel shall behold the true Priest issuing from the sanctuary, where He is now hidden from the eyes of men; and with Him, when He is manifested, we shall be manifested also, "the companions of His retirement, and the happy participators of His glory?" Oh, that none of us may miss that share in His epiphany, and that now our life may be hidden with Christ in glory! See Colossians 3:1-4. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 9

1  The first offerings of Aaron, for himself and the people
8  The sin offering
12  and the burn offering for himself
15  the offerings for the people
23  Moses and Aaron bless the people
24  Fire comes from the Lord, upon the altar

What do the individual words in Leviticus 9:21 mean?

But the breasts and thigh the right waved Aaron [as] a wave offering before Yahweh as had commanded Moses
וְאֵ֣ת הֶחָז֗וֹת וְאֵת֙ שׁ֣וֹק הַיָּמִ֔ין הֵנִ֧יף אַהֲרֹ֛ן תְּנוּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה מֹשֶֽׁה

הֶחָז֗וֹת  the  breasts 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: חָזֶה  
Sense: breast (of animals), breast of an animal sacrifice.
שׁ֣וֹק  thigh 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שֹׁוק  
Sense: leg, thigh.
הַיָּמִ֔ין  the  right 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָמִין  
Sense: right, right hand, right side.
הֵנִ֧יף  waved 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הֲנָפָה 
Sense: to move to and fro, wave, besprinkle.
אַהֲרֹ֛ן  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
תְּנוּפָ֖ה  [as]  a  wave  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: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
צִוָּ֥ה  had  commanded 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
מֹשֶֽׁה  Moses 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.