What Does Leviticus 7:33 Mean in the King James?
He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
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 Hebrew word for offering means bringing near, and the one who brings the offering near receives a defined share from it.
THE MEANING
The verse holds approach and provision together: the one who offers the blood and fat receives the right shoulder as a portion. The offering and the priest’s share belong to the same movement.
THE ROOT
מַקְרִיב
makriv
GROWS FROM
קרב
קרב (qarav) means to approach or come near; in this form, it means to bring near.
The action translated “offereth” carries the sense of bringing near. The verse pairs that act of approach with a portion received by the one who performs it.
ALSO GROWS
qarav: To approach; come near.
קָרַב
This is the root verb beneath “offereth,” showing that the offering is described through the movement of bringing near.
qorban: Offering; something brought near.
קָרְבָּן
The noun for an offering shares the same root, linking what is presented with the act of approach.
לְמָנָה
lemanah
GROWS FROM
מנה
מנה (manah) carries the sense of counting, reckoning, appointing, or allotting.
The priest’s “part” is an allotted portion, connected to a root that can mean to count or assign. The share is specified, not left indefinite.
ALSO GROWS
manah: To count, reckon, or appoint.
מָנָה
The verb shares the root letters מנה and gives the portion the sense of something assigned.
maneh: A measured unit or weight.
מָנֶה
This related form places the idea of a share beside something measured and bounded.
שְׁלָמִים
shelamim
GROWS FROM
שלם
שלם (shalem) means whole or complete.
The word translated “peace offerings” grows from the root of wholeness. The offering’s name holds a connection between the rite and the idea of completeness.
ALSO GROWS
shalom: Wholeness; well-being; peace.
שָׁלוֹם
This familiar branch shares the root שלם and shows the wider sense carried within the offering’s name.
shalem: Whole; complete.
שָׁלֵם
This form makes the root’s sense of completeness explicit in the word family.
THE PATTERN
Service at the altar is paired with a defined share from what is offered there.
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?THE THREAD
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.The Hebrew word behind “offereth” comes from קרב (qarav), the same root behind “draw near” in this verse. The offering is therefore named through the language of approach, a connection the English wording does not make explicit.
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