The Meaning of Numbers 15:21 Explained

Numbers 15:21

KJV: Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.

YLT: Of the beginning of your dough ye do give to Jehovah a heave-offering -- to your generations.

Darby: Of the first of your dough ye shall give to Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.

ASV: Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Of the first  of your dough  ye shall give  unto the LORD  an heave offering  in your generations. 

What does Numbers 15:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 15

1  The law of the meat offering, and the drink offering
14  The stranger is under the same law
17  The law of the first of the dough
22  The sacrifice for sins of ignorance
30  The punishment of presumption
32  He who violated the Sabbath is stoned
37  The law of tassels

What do the individual words in Numbers 15:21 mean?

Of the first of your ground meal you shall give to Yahweh a heave offering throughout your generations -
מֵרֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תִּתְּנ֥וּ לַיהוָ֖ה תְּרוּמָ֑ה לְדֹרֹ֖תֵיכֶֽם ס

מֵרֵאשִׁית֙  Of  the  first 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: רֵאשִׁית  
Sense: first, beginning, best, chief.
עֲרִסֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם  of  your  ground  meal 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: עֲרִיסָה  
Sense: dough, meal, coarse meal, kneading trough.
תִּתְּנ֥וּ  you  shall  give 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לַיהוָ֖ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
תְּרוּמָ֑ה  a  heave  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּרוּמָה  
Sense: contribution, offering.
לְדֹרֹ֖תֵיכֶֽם  throughout  your  generations 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: דֹּור 
Sense: period, generation, habitation, dwelling.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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