And the manהָאִישׁwould sayוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Let them surely offer upקַטֵּר יַקְטִירוּןthe fatהַחֵלֶבin smokeקַטֵּרfirst,כַּיּוֹםthentakeוְקַחfor yourselfלְךָwhateverכַּאֲשֶׁרyour soulנַפְשֶׁךָdesires”;תְּאַוֶּהand he would say,וְאָמַר“No,לֹאbutכִּיnowעַתָּהyou will give it;תִתֵּןand ifוְאִםnot,לֹאI will take itלָקַחְתִּיby force.”בְחָזְקָה
1 Samuel 2:16
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:16, word by word
- And the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- would sayיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Let them surely offer upקַטֵּרkater
burn up
To send up the sacrifice as smoke on the altar.
Where else “kater” appears- the fatחֵלֶבchelev
fat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelev” appears- firstיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nafshe” appears- desiresתְּאַוֶּהteave
desire
A strong longing, good or bad.
Where else “teave” appears- you will give itתִתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- by forceחָזְקָהchazka
force, harshness
Force, harshness. Almost always in a bad sense: to treat someone "with force," that is, with violence and harshness. In Jonah 3:8, to cry out "mightily."
Where else “chazka” appears
The context
15Even 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.”
16 · This verse (above)
17And the sin of the young men was very great before YHWH, for the men spurned the offering of YHWH.