The Meaning of Numbers 28:11 Explained

Numbers 28:11

KJV: And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;

YLT: 'And in the beginnings of your months ye bring near a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two bullocks, sons of the herd, and one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

Darby: And in the beginnings of your months ye shall present a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven yearling lambs without blemish.

ASV: And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And in the beginnings  of your months  ye shall offer  a burnt offering  unto the LORD;  two  young  bullocks,  and one  ram,  seven  lambs  of the first  year  without spot; 

What does Numbers 28:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 28

1  Offerings are to be observed
3  The continual burnt offering
9  The offering on the Sabbath
11  On the new Moons
16  At the Passover
26  In the day of the firstfruits

What do the individual words in Numbers 28:11 mean?

And at the beginnings of your months you shall present a burnt offering to Yahweh: bulls sons of a bull two and ram one and lambs in first their year seven without blemish
וּבְרָאשֵׁי֙ חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ עֹלָ֖ה לַיהוָ֑ה פָּרִ֨ים בְּנֵֽי־ בָקָ֤ר שְׁנַ֙יִם֙ וְאַ֣יִל אֶחָ֔ד כְּבָשִׂ֧ים בְּנֵי־ שָׁנָ֛ה שִׁבְעָ֖ה תְּמִימִֽם

וּבְרָאשֵׁי֙  And  at  the  beginnings 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם  of  your  months 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ  you  shall  present 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
עֹלָ֖ה  a  burnt  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
לַיהוָ֑ה  to  Yahweh: 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
פָּרִ֨ים  bulls 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: פַּר  
Sense: .
בְּנֵֽי־  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
בָקָ֤ר  of  a  bull 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּקָר  
Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
שְׁנַ֙יִם֙  two 
Parse: Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
וְאַ֣יִל  and  ram 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַיִל 
Sense: ram.
אֶחָ֔ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
כְּבָשִׂ֧ים  and  lambs  in 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֶּבֶשׂ  
Sense: lamb, sheep, young ram.
בְּנֵי־  first 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שָׁנָ֛ה  their  year 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
שִׁבְעָ֖ה  seven 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
תְּמִימִֽם  without  blemish 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: תָּמִים  
Sense: complete, whole, entire, sound.