The Meaning of Numbers 28:6 Explained

Numbers 28:6

KJV: It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

YLT: a continual burnt-offering, which was made in mount Sinai, for sweet fragrance, a fire-offering to Jehovah;

Darby: it is the continual burnt-offering which was ordained on mount Sinai for a sweet odour, an offering by fire to Jehovah.

ASV: It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[It is] a continual  burnt offering,  which was ordained  in mount  Sinai  for a sweet  savour,  a sacrifice made by fire  unto the LORD. 

What does Numbers 28:6 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 28:6 mean?

[it is] a burnt offering regular which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a aroma sweet an offering made by fire to Yahweh
עֹלַ֖ת תָּמִ֑יד הָעֲשֻׂיָה֙ בְּהַ֣ר סִינַ֔י לְרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹ֔חַ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה

עֹלַ֖ת  [it  is]  a  burnt  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
תָּמִ֑יד  regular 
Parse: Adverb
Root: תָּמִיד  
Sense: continuity, perpetuity, to stretch.
הָעֲשֻׂיָה֙  which  was  ordained 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בְּהַ֣ר  at  Mount 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
סִינַ֔י  Sinai 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: סִינַי  
Sense: the mountain where Moses received the Law from Jehovah; located at the southern end of the Sinai peninsula between the horns of the Red Sea; exact site unknown.
לְרֵ֣יחַ  for  a  aroma 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֵיחַ  
Sense: scent, fragrance, aroma, odour.
נִיחֹ֔חַ  sweet 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נִיחֹחַ  
Sense: soothing, quieting, tranquillising.
אִשֶּׁ֖ה  an  offering  made  by  fire 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִשֶּׁה  
Sense: burnt-offering, offering made by fire, fire offering.
לַֽיהוָֽה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.