Exodus 29:22

“You shall take from the ram the fat and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh, for it is a ram of ordination,”

Exodus 29:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 29:22, word by word

You shall takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta

take

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

Where else “lakachta” appears
the ramאַיִלayil

ram

A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.

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the fatחֵלֶבchelev

fat

The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.

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and the fat tailאַלְיָהalya

fat tail

The thick, fatty tail of a certain breed of sheep.

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that coversמְכַסֶּהmechase

cover

To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.

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the entrailsקֶּרֶבkerev

entrails

The organs inside the animal, its guts.

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the lobeיֹתֶרֶתyoteret

lobe (of the liver)

The lobe of the liver, the part that sticks out from it.

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of the liverכָּבֵדkaved

liver

Liver.

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and the twoשְׁתֵּיshete

both

The two together, both of them.

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kidneysכְּלָיֹתkelayot

kidneys

An animal's kidneys.

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and the rightיָּמִיןyamin

right side

The right side.

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thighשׁוֹקshok

thigh, leg

Thigh, leg of an animal or a person.

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of ordinationמִלֻּאִיםmiluim

ordination

The ordination of the priests: the rite in which they were installed in office.

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The context

21You shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the oil of anointing and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and he shall be holy, and his garments, and his sons and the garments of his sons with him.

22 · This verse (above)

23and one round loaf of bread, and one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before YHWH.

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