The Meaning of Numbers 15:4 Explained

Numbers 15:4

KJV: Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.

YLT: 'And he who is bringing near his offering to Jehovah hath brought near a present of flour, a tenth deal, mixed with a fourth of the hin of oil;

Darby: then shall he that presenteth his offering to Jehovah bring as oblation a tenth part of fine flour mingled with a fourth part of a hin of oil;

ASV: then shall he that offereth his oblation offer unto Jehovah a meal-offering of a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then shall he that offereth  his offering  unto the LORD  bring  a meat offering  of a tenth deal  of flour  mingled  with the fourth  [part] of an hin  of oil. 

What does Numbers 15:4 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 15:4 mean?

Then he who presents shall bring his offering to Yahweh a grain offering of fine flour a tenth [of an ephah] of mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil
וְהִקְרִ֛יב הַמַּקְרִ֥יב קָרְבָּנ֖וֹ לַֽיהוָ֑ה מִנְחָה֙ סֹ֣לֶת עִשָּׂר֔וֹן בָּל֕וּל בִּרְבִעִ֥ית הַהִ֖ין שָֽׁמֶן

וְהִקְרִ֛יב  Then  he  who  presents 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
הַמַּקְרִ֥יב  shall  bring 
Parse: Article, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
קָרְבָּנ֖וֹ  his  offering 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרְבָּן 
Sense: offering, oblation.
לַֽיהוָ֑ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מִנְחָה֙  a  grain  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
סֹ֣לֶת  of  fine  flour 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: סׄלֶת  
Sense: fine flour.
עִשָּׂר֔וֹן  a  tenth  [of  an  ephah] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עִשָּׂרֹון  
Sense: tenth part, tithe.
בָּל֕וּל  of  mixed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּלַל 
Sense: to mix, mingle, confuse, confound.
בִּרְבִעִ֥ית  with  a  fourth 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, ordinal feminine singular construct
Root: רְבִיעִי 
Sense: fourth.
הַהִ֖ין  of  a  hin 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הִין  
Sense: hin.
שָֽׁמֶן  of  oil 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.