Numbers 6:19

וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַזְּרֹעַ בְּשֵׁלָה מִן־הָאַיִל וְֽחַלַּת מַצָּה אַחַת מִן־הַסַּל וּרְקִיק מַצָּה אֶחָד וְנָתַן עַל־כַּפֵּי הַנָּזִיר אַחַר הִֽתְגַּלְּחוֹ אֶת־נִזְרֽוֹ׃

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Hebrew

וְלָקַ֨ח הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־הַזְּרֹ֣עַ בְּשֵׁלָה֮ מִן־הָאַיִל֒ וְֽחַלַּ֨ת מַצָּ֤ה אַחַת֙ מִן־הַסַּ֔ל וּרְקִ֥יק מַצָּ֖ה אֶחָ֑ד וְנָתַן֙ עַל־כַּפֵּ֣י הַנָּזִ֔יר אַחַ֖ר הִֽתְגַּלְּח֥וֹ אֶת־נִזְרֽוֹ׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸν βραχίονα ἑφθὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ κριοῦ καὶ ἄρτον ἕνα ἄζυμον ἀπὸ τοῦ κανοῦ καὶ λάγανον ἄζυμον ἕν, καὶ ἐπιθήσει ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας τοῦ ηὐγμένου, μετὰ τὸ ξυρήσασθαι αὐτὸν τὴν εὐχὴν αὐτοῦ. ἢ καὶ προσοίσει αὐτὰ ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐπίθεμα ἔναντι κυρίου.

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

Latin (Vulgate)

et armum coctum arietis, tortamque absque fermento unam de canistro, et laganum azymum unum, et tradet in manus nazaræi, postquam rasum fuerit caput ejus.

Spanish

El sacerdote tomará la pierna cocida del carnero, una torta sin levadura de la canasta y una oblea sin levadura, y las pondrá en las manos del nazareo después de que se haya rapado la cabeza de su consagración;

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Después tomará el sacerdote la espaldilla cocida del carnero, y una torta sin levadura del canastillo, y una hojaldre sin levadura, y pondrálas sobre las manos del Nazareo, después que fuere raído su nazareato:

English

And the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved the hair of his consecration.

✦ What the text says

Summary

Numbers 6:19 describes the ritual actions of the priest after the Nazirite has shaved off the hair of his vow: the priest takes the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and places them in the hands of the Nazirite.

Key words

la.Kach ("he will take", H3947) — qal sequential perfect, continuing the narrative chain begun with the preceding verses; marks the priest's next ritual action.
ze.Ro.a' ("arm", H2220) — feminine singular noun, referring to the foreleg/shoulder portion of the ram used as an offering piece.
cha.Lat ("a cake of", H2471) — construct form, linking the cake directly to "unleavened bread" (ma.Tzah, H4682) that follows.
hit.ga.le.Ch ("he has shaved", H1548) — hithpael infinitive, a reflexive stem indicating the Nazirite shaved himself, not merely was shaved.
niz.R...o ("his Nazirite vow", H5145) — construct noun with possessive suffix, naming the consecrated state that ends with this shaving.

What the text says

The verse continues a narrative sequence using two sequential perfect verbs, va.la.Kach ("and he will take") and ve.na.Tan ("and he will put"), both governed by ha.Kohen ("the priest", H3548). The priest's action has three objects marked by the object marker 'et (H0853) or introduced by min ("from", H4480A): the boiled ze.Ro.a' from the ram, one cha.Lat ma.Tzah ("cake of unleavened bread") from the basket, and one re.Kik ma.Tzah ("wafer of unleavened bread"). The construct chains here (cha.Lat + ma.Tzah, re.Kik + ma.Tzah) show that "cake" and "wafer" are each defined by the following noun "unleavened bread," a construction that Hebrew uses without a separate word for "of."

The final clause specifies the timing of this action: 'a.Char hit.ga.le.Ch.o ("after his shaving himself") uses the hithpael infinitive with a pronominal suffix, expressing that the Nazirite performs the shaving on himself, followed by the object 'et niz.r.o ("his Nazirite vow/consecration"), a construct noun with suffix naming what is shaved off — not the hair itself explicitly, but the state or sign of his nazir (H5139) status.

Differences between versions

The LXX (Swete) text given here lacks an explicit finite verb corresponding to la.Kach ("he will take"); it begins directly with "καὶ ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸν βραχίονα..." listing the objects, unlike the Hebrew which opens with the sequential verb. The LXX also adds a clause not present in this Hebrew verse: "ἢ καὶ προσοίσει αὐτὰ ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐπίθεμα ἔναντι κυρίου" ("or the priest shall also bring these as an offering before the Lord"). The Vulgate renders the final clause as "postquam rasum fuerit caput ejus" ("after his head has been shaved"), making explicit the word "head" (caput), where the Hebrew hit.ga.le.Ch.o ("his shaving himself") and niz.r.o ("his Nazirite vow") do not mention "head" directly.

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