Leviticus 6:21
עַֽל־מַחֲבַת בַּשֶּׁמֶן תֵּעָשֶׂה מֻרְבֶּכֶת תְּבִיאֶנָּה תֻּפִינֵי מִנְחַת פִּתִּים תַּקְרִיב רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָֽה׃
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✦ The same verse in five languages
עַֽל־מַחֲבַ֗ת בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶן תֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה מֻרְבֶּ֣כֶת תְּבִיאֶ֑נָּה תֻּפִינֵי֙ מִנְחַ֣ת פִּתִּ֔ים תַּקְרִ֥יב רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃
ἐπὶ τηγάνου ἐν ἐλαίῳ ποιηθήσεται, πεφυραμένην οἴσει αὐτήν, ἑλικτά, θυσίαν ἐκ κλασμάτων, θυσίαν ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας κυρίῳ.
Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0
Latin (Vulgate)
quæ in sartagine oleo conspersa frigetur. Offeret autem eam calidam in odorem suavissimum Domino
Se preparará en una plancha con aceite. La llevarás bien mezclada, y presentarás la ofrenda de cereal en pedazos cocidos, como un aroma agradable a Yehová.
Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)
En sartén se aderezará con aceite; frita la traerás, y los pedazos cocidos del presente ofrecerás á Jehová en olor de suavidad.
It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
✦ What the text says
Summary
The verse describes the preparation and presentation of a grain offering: it is made on a griddle with oil, brought in a mixed/kneaded form, and presented broken into pieces as an offering producing a pleasing odor to Yehovah.
Key words
- machaVat ("a baking tray", H4227) — feminine singular noun designating the flat cooking surface on which the offering is prepared.
- te'aSeh ("it will be made", H6213) — niphal (passive) imperfect; the dough is the grammatical subject, acted upon rather than acting.
- murBekhet ("mixed [dough]", H7246) — hophal passive participle, feminine singular, describing the resulting state of the dough after a causative mixing process.
- tufiNei ("broken pieces of", H8601) — masculine plural construct, opening a construct chain that links to minChat ("grain offering of", H4503G) and pitTim ("crumbs", H6595A).
- reiach niChoach ("odor of soothing", H7381 + H5207) — construct phrase describing the sensory/relational quality of the offering as it reaches Yehovah.
What the text says
The verse moves through a sequence of verbs describing the offering's preparation and delivery, shifting grammatical voice partway through. The first verb, te'aSeh ("it will be made", H6213), is niphal — the dough undergoes the action of being made on the machaVat ("baking tray", H4227) with oil. This passive framing continues with murBekhet ("mixed [dough]", H7246), a hophal participle indicating the dough has been brought to a mixed state through an unspecified causative process.
The sentence then shifts to hiphil active verbs with a second-person masculine singular subject: tevi'Ennah ("you will bring it", H0935P plus suffix H9034) and takRiv ("you will present", H7126H). The addressed person is now the active agent bringing and presenting the prepared offering. The phrase tufiNei minChat pitTim stacks two construct relationships — "broken pieces of [the] grain offering of crumbs" — a chain that intensifies the description of the offering's fragmented, crumbled form rather than naming three separate items.
The final phrase, reiach niChoach laYehovah ("an odor of soothing to Yehovah"), uses a construct noun pair functioning adverbially to characterize the effect or reception of the completed offering.
Differences between versions
The Vulgate's frigetur ("let it be fried") introduces a cooking method (frying) not explicit in the Hebrew verbs te'aSeh or murBekhet, which describe "being made" and being in a "mixed" state rather than a specific technique. The LXX renders murBekhet as πεφυραμένην ("kneaded/mixed") but adds ἑλικτά ("twisted" or "rolled"), a descriptive term absent from the Hebrew construct chain tufiNei minChat pitTim. The Vulgate's calidam ("hot") likewise supplies a detail — temperature — not present in the Hebrew wording of this clause.
This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.