Evenגַּםbeforeבְּטֶרֶםthey offered upיַקְטִרוּןthe fatאֶת הַחֵלֶבin smoke,יַקְטִרוּthe priest’sהַכֹּהֵןyoung manנַעַרwould comeוּבָאand sayוְאָמַרto the manלָאִישׁwho was sacrificing,הַזֹּבֵחַ“Giveתְּנָהmeatבָשָׂרto roastלִצְלוֹתfor the priest;לַכֹּהֵןhe will notוְלֹאtakeיִקַּחboiledמְבֻשָּׁלmeatבָּשָׂרfrom you,מִמְּךָbutכִּי אִםraw.”חָי
1 Samuel 2:15
Study it in the app“Even before they offered up the fat in smoke, the priest’s young man would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give meat to roast for the priest; he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:15, word by word
- beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- they offered upיַקְטִרוּyaktiru
burn up
To send up the sacrifice as smoke on the altar.
Where else “yaktiru” appears- the fatחֵלֶבchelev
fat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelev” appears- the priest’sכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- young manנַעַרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears- would comeבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears- and sayאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- to the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who was sacrificingזֹּבֵחַzoveach
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zoveach” appears- “Giveתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- meatבָשָׂרvasar
meat
Meat to eat.
Where else “vasar” appears- to roastצְלוֹתtselot
roast
Roast: cook meat directly over the fire.
Where else “tselot” appears- takeיִקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- boiledמְבֻשָּׁלmevushal
boil
To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.
Where else “mevushal” appears- rawחָיchay
raw
Literally "living": running water, uncooked meat.
Where else “chay” appears
Translation note
The fat was the part of the sacrifice that was burned for YHWH before anything else (Leviticus 3:16; 7:25).
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16And the man would say to him, “Let them surely offer up the fat in smoke first, then take for yourself whatever your soul desires”; and he would say, “No, but now you will give it; and if not, I will take it by force.”