What Does Leviticus 6:20 Mean in the King James?
This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The flour becomes an approach: the Hebrew verb for offering means bringing near, and its portion returns at morning and evening.
THE MEANING
The priest’s measured flour portion is brought near to the LORD, half at morning and half at evening. Here, consecration takes a daily shape: the approach returns at both edges of the day.
THE ROOT
יַקְרִיבוּ
yaqrîvû
GROWS FROM
קרב
q-r-b
To approach, come near, or bring near.
Here, offer is the verb יַקְרִיבוּ (yaqrîvû), from קרב (q-r-b), whose basic motion is coming near. The same consonants shape קָרְבָּן (qorbān), the offering itself, so the flour is presented as a thing of approach; its morning and evening portions let that approach recur through the day.
ALSO GROWS
qārab: To approach or come near.
קָרַב
The verb names the movement carried by the priest’s offering.
qārōv: Near.
קָרוֹב
This branch makes nearness part of the root’s shared sense.
qorbān: Offering; what is brought near.
קָרְבָּן
The offering’s name carries the same approach as the verb in this verse.
מָשַׁח
māšaḥ
GROWS FROM
משח
m-š-ḥ
To smear or anoint.
The day of anointing marks the priest for service, and the offering is prescribed there as a continuing portion. This root also names the anointed person and the act or substance of anointing.
ALSO GROWS
māšîaḥ: Anointed one.
מָשִׁיחַ
The branch names a person by the anointing that marks them.
mišḥāh: Anointing or ointment.
מִשְׁחָה
This branch names the act or substance by which the anointing is carried.
THE PATTERN
What is brought near becomes a recurring rhythm, carried through morning, evening, and continual praise.
The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.THE THREAD
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.Leviticus 1:2 uses the same q-r-b root in the verb bring and in קָרְבָּן (qorbān), meaning offering. The shared root names the offering by its movement toward God, opening this verse’s measured flour as an act of drawing near.
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