Numbers 28:11

וּבְרָאשֵׁי חָדְשֵׁיכֶם תַּקְרִיבוּ עֹלָה לַיהוָה פָּרִים בְּנֵֽי־בָקָר שְׁנַיִם וְאַיִל אֶחָד כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה שִׁבְעָה תְּמִימִֽם׃

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Hebrew

וּבְרָאשֵׁי֙ חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ עֹלָ֖ה לַיהוָ֑ה פָּרִ֨ים בְּנֵֽי־בָקָ֤ר שְׁנַ֙יִם֙ וְאַ֣יִל אֶחָ֔ד כְּבָשִׂ֧ים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָ֛ה שִׁבְעָ֖ה תְּמִימִֽם׃

Greek (Septuagint)

Καὶ ἐν τοῖς νεομηνίαις προσάξετε ὁλοκαυτώματα τῷ κυρίῳ, μόσχους ἐκ βοῶν δύο καὶ κριὸν ἕνα, ἀμνοὺς ἐνιαυσίους ἑπτὰ ἀμώμους·

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

In calendis autem offeretis holocaustum Domino, vitulos de armento duos, arietem unum, agnos anniculos septem immaculatos,

Spanish

“‘Al principio de cada mes presentarán como holocausto a Yehová dos toros jóvenes, un carnero y siete corderos de un año sin defecto.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Y en los principios de vuestros meses ofreceréis en holocausto á Jehová dos becerros de la vacada, y un carnero, y siete corderos de un año sin defecto;

English

At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

✦ What the text says

Summary

Numbers 28:11 sets out the offering required at each new month (rosh chodesh): a burnt offering to Yehovah consisting of two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished year-old lambs. The verse specifies both the animals and their required condition.

Key words

ra.Shei ("[the] beginnings of", H7218J) — masculine plural construct, paired with "months" to form the phrase "the beginnings of your months," i.e., the start of each lunar month.
tak.Ri.vu ("you will bring near", H7126H) — hiphil imperfect, second person masculine plural; the hiphil stem is causative, indicating the worshippers cause the offering to be brought near/presented; the imperfect aspect marks this as a recurring or future obligation.
'o.Lah ("a burnt offering", H5930A) — feminine singular noun naming the specific offering category into which the following animals fall.
be.nei- va.Kar ("young ones of cattle", H1121H + H1241) — construct chain meaning "sons of cattle," a common idiom for young bulls, here counted as she.Na.yim ("two", H8147).
te.mi.Mim ("unblemished", H8549G) — masculine plural adjective agreeing with ke.va.Sim ("lambs", H3532), describing their physical condition as whole/without defect.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence opens with a temporal construct phrase, u.ve.ra.Shei chad.shei.Khem ("and at the beginnings of your months"), placing the timing before the main verb. The verb tak.Ri.vu is a hiphil imperfect plural, addressing a group ("you all") and framing the offering as something the people actively cause to happen, repeatedly, at each new month. The direct object 'o.Lah ("a burnt offering") names the category, followed by the recipient la.Yah.weh ("to Yehovah").

The list of animals follows in apposition to 'o.Lah: pa.Rim be.nei- va.Kar she.Na.yim ("young bulls, sons of cattle, two") uses a construct chain to specify "young ones of cattle" before giving the number two. Then ve.'A.yil 'e.Chad ("and a ram, one") adds a single ram. Finally ke.va.Sim be.nei- sha.Nah shiv.'Ah te.mi.Mim ("lambs, sons of a year, seven, unblemished") specifies seven lambs, each described by the construct phrase "sons of a year" (i.e., yearling), and the final adjective te.mi.Mim qualifies the lambs as unblemished, closing the list.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders ra.Shei chad.shei.Khem ("beginnings of your months") as "τοῖς νεομηνίαις" (the new moons), naming the astronomical event rather than using the "beginnings" construct found in Hebrew. The Vulgate's "in calendis" similarly shifts to a calendrical term. The LXX also adds "male" (ἀμνοὺς, implying male lambs) where the Hebrew ke.va.Sim ("lambs") does not specify sex in this verse, though BSB's translation "male lambs" reflects this LXX-influenced reading rather than an explicit marker in the Hebrew text given here.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.