What Does Leviticus 5:17 Mean?

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

“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 commit”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“any”

properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“by the commandments”

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)

“of the LORD”

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

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

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

“and commit”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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

“though he wist”

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

“it not yet is he guilty”

to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish

“and shall bear”

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

“his iniquity”

perversity, i.e., (moral) evil