Leviticus 7:14

Summary

The verse specifies that from the loaves of the offering, one is to be presented as a contribution to Yehovah. This portion is then assigned to the priest who performs the sprinkling of the blood of the peace offerings.

Key words

• hikRiv ("he will present", H7126H) — hiphil (causative) sequential perfect; the causative stem marks an active bringing-near of the offering, continuing the narrative sequence from the preceding verses.
• 'echad ("one [loaf]", H0259) — cardinal number, feminine singular, specifying that a single unit is set apart from the larger group.
• teruMah ("a contribution", H8641) — feminine singular noun naming the technical category of offering being made: a portion lifted out and dedicated.
• zoRek ("sprinkles", H2236) — qal participle, masculine singular; the participial form functions substantively ("the one who sprinkles"), identifying the priest by his ritual action rather than by title alone.
• yihYeh ("it will belong", H1961) — qal imperfect, expressing an ongoing or standing rule rather than a single event: the portion belongs to that priest as a continuing entitlement.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence moves from the general to the specific: 'echad mikkol-korban ("one from every offering", H0259 + H4480A + H3605 + H7133A) isolates a single loaf out of the whole category of offerings, which is then labeled teruMah laYehovah ("a contribution to Yehovah", H8641 + H3068G) — a dedicated portion directed toward Yehovah. The second half of the verse shifts the recipient from Yehovah to the priest: lakkohen hazZorek ("to the priest, the one who sprinkles", H3548 + H2236) identifies the priest not by a fixed title alone but by the participial description of his function, tying the disposition of this bread portion to the specific priest who carried out the blood-sprinkling of the peace offerings (hasShelamim, H8002).

The clause-final position of yihYeh ("it will belong", H1961) — placed after lo ("to him", H9033) — throws grammatical weight onto the recipient: the sentence structure emphasizes "to him it will belong," reinforcing that the loaf's destination is the officiating priest as an ongoing rule, expressed by the imperfect aspect of the verb.

Differences between versions

The Septuagint text supplied here (LXXSWETE) does not correspond to the same content as the Hebrew: it speaks of fat from carcasses and animals torn by beasts, and prohibitions on their use and consumption, rather than about a loaf-contribution assigned to the priest who sprinkles blood. The Vulgate (VULCLEM) and the Hebrew agree closely in substance, rendering teruMah as "primitiis" ("firstfruits") and confirming that the portion becomes "sacerdotis qui fundet hostiae sanguinem" ("of the priest who pours out the blood of the victim"), matching the Hebrew's assignment to the priest performing the blood rite.