What Does Leviticus 1:3 Mean?

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“be a burnt sacrifice”

a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

“If his offering”

something brought near the altar, i.e., a sacrificial present

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

“of the herd”

a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

“a male”

properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)

“without blemish”

entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth

“he shall offer”

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

near, with or among; often in general, to

“at the door”

an opening (literally), i.e., door (gate) or entrance way

“of the tabernacle”

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

“of the congregation”

properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for

“he shall offer”

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“it of his own voluntary will”

delight (especially as shown)

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god