Study it in the app“And the custom of the priests with the people was this: whenever any man sacrificed a sacrifice, the priest’s young man would come while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three prongs in his hand,”
And the customוּמִשְׁפַּטof the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםwithאֶתthe peopleהָעָםwas this:whenever any manכָּל אִישׁsacrificedזֹבֵחַa sacrifice,זֶבַחthe priest’sהַכֹּהֵןyoung manנַעַרwould comeוּבָאwhileכְּthe meatהַבָּשָׂרwas boiling,בַשֵּׁלwith a forkוְהַמַּזְלֵגof threeשְׁלֹשׁprongsהַשִּׁנַּיִםin his hand,בְּיָדוֹ
custom
The usual practice, the way to do something.
Where else “mishpat” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zoveach” appearssacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appearsyoung servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appearsmeat
Meat to eat.
Where else “basar” appearsboil
To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.
Where else “vashel” appearsfork
Fork: a large fork for handling the meat of the sacrifices.
Where else “mazleg” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appearstooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shinayim” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they did not know YHWH.
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14and he would thrust it into the pan or the kettle or the cauldron or the pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took with it. So they did to all Israel who came there to Shiloh.
