Leviticus 17:11
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For the lifeנֶ֣פֶשׁ
(ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
of the fleshהַבָּשָׂר֮
(hab·ba·sar)
1320: fleshfrom basar
is in the blood,בַּדָּ֣ם
(bad·dam)
1818: blooda prim. root
and I have givenנְתַתִּ֤יו
(ne·tat·tiv)
5414: to give, put, seta prim. root
it to you on the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ
(ham·miz·be·ach,)
4196: an altarfrom zabach
to makeלְכַפֵּ֖ר
(le·chap·per)
3722a: to cover over, pacify, make propitiationdenominative verb from kopher
atonementיְכַפֵּֽר׃
(ye·chap·per.)
3722a: to cover over, pacify, make propitiationdenominative verb from kopher
for your souls;נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם
(naf·sho·tei·chem;)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
for it is the bloodהַדָּ֥ם
(had·dam)
1818: blooda prim. root
by reason of the lifeבַּנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
(ban·ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
that makes atonement.' 
 
3722a: to cover over, pacify, make propitiationdenominative verb from kopher


















KJV Lexicon
For the life
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
of the flesh
basar  (baw-sawr')
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man -- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
is in the blood
dam  (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
and I have given
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
it to you upon the altar
mizbeach  (miz-bay'-akh)
an altar -- altar.
to make an atonement
kaphar  (kaw-far')
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cance
for your souls
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
for it is the blood
dam  (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
that maketh an atonement
kaphar  (kaw-far')
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cance
for the soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.'

King James Bible
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.

International Standard Version
because the life of the flesh is in the blood itself, and I myself have given it to you all so that atonement may be made for your souls on the altar, since the blood itself makes atonement through the life that is in it.

NET Bible
for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
because blood contains life. I have given this blood to you to make peace with me on the altar. Blood is needed to make peace with me.

King James 2000 Bible
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul.
Links
Leviticus 17:11
Leviticus 17:11 NIV
Leviticus 17:11 NLT
Leviticus 17:11 ESV
Leviticus 17:11 NASB
Leviticus 17:11 KJV

Leviticus 17:10
Top of Page
Top of Page