The Meaning of Numbers 28:17 Explained

Numbers 28:17

KJV: And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

YLT: and in the fifteenth day of this month is a festival, seven days unleavened food is eaten;

Darby: And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

ASV: And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And in the fifteenth  day  of this month  [is] the feast:  seven  days  shall unleavened bread  be eaten. 

What does Numbers 28:17 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 28:17 mean?

And on the five [and] ten day of month this [is] the feast seven for days unleavened bread shall be eaten
וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר י֛וֹם לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֖ה חָ֑ג שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים מַצּ֖וֹת יֵאָכֵֽל

וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה  And  on  the  five 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
עָשָׂ֥ר  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
י֛וֹם  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ  of  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַזֶּ֖ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
חָ֑ג  [is]  the  feast 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חַג  
Sense: festival, feast, festival-gathering, pilgrim-feast.
שִׁבְעַ֣ת  seven 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
יָמִ֔ים  for  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
מַצּ֖וֹת  unleavened  bread 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַצָּה  
Sense: unleavened (bread, cake), without leaven.
יֵאָכֵֽל  shall  be  eaten 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.