What Does Numbers 28:19 Mean in the King James?
But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
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 “offer” means “bring near,” so sacrifice is framed as a movement into nearness.
THE MEANING
The verse gives nearness a concrete shape: what is brought to the LORD is named, counted, and presented whole. The offering is a life brought near, with its completeness visible in the thing offered.
THE ROOT
וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם
wehiqravtem
GROWS FROM
קרב
q-r-b
To approach, be near, or bring near.
“offer” in this verse is wehiqravtem. The verb וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם (wehiqravtem, you shall bring near) makes approach part of the offering itself. Its branches connect sacrifice with nearness, so the verse describes not only what is given but what is brought close.
ALSO GROWS
qorbān: Offering or sacrifice.
קָרְבָּן
The offering shares the root of approach: it is something brought near.
qarov: Near or close.
קָרוֹב
This branch makes explicit the nearness already carried in the verb translated “offer.”
qirvah: Nearness, closeness, or intimacy.
קִרְבָה
It shows how the root of offering also names the state of being near.
עֹלָה
ʿolah
GROWS FROM
עלה
ʿ-l-h
To go up or ascend.
The name עֹלָה (ʿolah, burnt offering or that which goes up) carries direction within it. Set beside וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם (wehiqravtem, you shall bring near), it holds two movements together: approach and ascent.
ALSO GROWS
ʿālāh: To go up or rise.
עָלָה
This verb supplies the movement named by the burnt offering.
ʿaliyyāh: Ascent, or an upper room.
עֲלִיָּה
This noun carries the same upward movement into a place or rising.
תְּמִימִם
temimim
GROWS FROM
תמם
t-m-m
To be complete, whole, or finished.
The animals are תְּמִימִם (temimim, whole or complete), the Hebrew behind “without blemish.” The same root can describe a person’s completeness, connecting the offering’s visible wholeness with a whole way of standing before God.
ALSO GROWS
tam: Whole, complete, or sound.
תָּם
This form shows the root’s sense of wholeness in a description of a person or thing.
tom: Integrity, completeness, or wholeness.
תֹּם
This branch carries the root’s wholeness beyond physical condition into integrity.
THE PATTERN
Scripture makes approach to God concrete: what is brought near is whole, and offering language reaches the living body.
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.THE THREAD
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.The word translated “perfect” is תָּמִים (tamim, whole or complete), from the same root as תְּמִימִם (temimim, whole or complete) in this verse. The shared root carries the offering’s concrete wholeness into the description of a person’s life before God.
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