What Does Numbers 5:9 Mean in the King James?
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
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 holy portion does not stop at being sacred; it is drawn near until it belongs to someone.
THE MEANING
When a sacred portion comes near the priest, it becomes his. The verse holds consecration and material provision together: what is set apart has a concrete destination.
THE ROOT
יַקְרִיבוּ
yaqrivu
GROWS FROM
ק־ר־ב
q-r-b
Approach, draw near; in this form, bring near.
The Hebrew verb makes “bring” an act of drawing near. The same root names the korban (קָרְבָּן, korban), an offering; the verse joins the sacred gift’s approach to the priest with its becoming his.
ALSO GROWS
qarav: Approach, draw near
קָרַב
The basic verb shows the movement contained in “bring unto the priest.”
korban: Offering; that which is brought near
קָרְבָּן
This related word connects an offering with the act of drawing near.
qarov: Near, close
קָרוֹב
The same root also names nearness, making the gift’s movement relational as well as physical.
תְּרוּמָה
terumah
GROWS FROM
ר־ו־ם
r-w-m
Rise, be high; lift up.
“offering” in this verse is terumah. Terumah names a contribution lifted up or set apart. Here that lifted portion has a clear destination: it becomes the priest’s own provision.
ALSO GROWS
rum: Rise, be high
רוּם
The root gives the offering its sense of being lifted up.
herim: Lifted, raised
הֵרִים
This related verb makes the lifting within terumah visible.
ram: High, exalted
רָם
The same root carries the sense of elevation that underlies the name of the contribution.
קָדְשֵׁי
qodshei
GROWS FROM
ק־ד־שׁ
q-d-sh
Set apart, dedicate.
“holy things” in this verse is qodshei. The Hebrew root gives “holy” the concrete sense of being set apart for a purpose. Here the set-apart things are not abstract: their destination is the priest who receives them.
ALSO GROWS
qadosh: Set apart, holy
קָדוֹשׁ
This adjective names what has been distinguished for a sacred purpose.
qiddesh: Set apart, dedicate
קִדֵּשׁ
This verb shows the act of assigning something to a sacred purpose.
qodesh: Set-apartness; a sacred thing
קֹדֶשׁ
This related noun names the sacred status of the things transferred to the priest.
THE PATTERN
What is set apart for sacred service becomes concrete provision for those who serve.
And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.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.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
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 same word, תְּרוּמָה (terumah), appears here as “heave offerings,” and the verse explicitly gives them to Aaron and his sons. It opens “shall be his” as provision built into the priestly charge.
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