1 Samuel 2:15

“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.””

1 Samuel 2:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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".

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and sayאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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to the manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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who was sacrificingזֹּבֵחַzoveach

sacrifice

To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.

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“Giveתְּנָtena

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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meatבָשָׂרvasar

meat

Meat to eat.

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to roastצְלוֹתtselot

roast

Roast: cook meat directly over the fire.

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takeיִקַּחyikach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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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.”

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