What Does Leviticus 5:1 Mean?

“And if a soul”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“sin”

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

“and hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“the voice”

a voice or sound

“of swearing”

an imprecation

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“and is a witness”

concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince

“whether”

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

“he hath seen”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“whether”

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

“or known”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

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

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“of it if he do not utter”

properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to

“it then he shall bear”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

“his iniquity”

perversity, i.e., (moral) evil