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It is a statuteחֻקַּתforeverעוֹלָםthroughout your generationsלְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםinבְּallכֹלyour dwellings:מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶםyou shall notלֹאeatתֹאכֵלוּanyכָּלfatחֵלֶבor anyוְכָלblood.”דָּם
Leviticus 3:17
Study it in the app“It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 3:17, word by word
- It is a statuteחֻקַּתchukat
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukat” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- throughout your generationsדֹרֹתֵיdorote
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorote” appears- your dwellingsמוֹשְׁבֹתֵיmoshvote
dwelling
A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.
Where else “moshvote” appears- eatתֹאכֵלוּtochelu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochelu” appears- fatחֵלֶבchelev
fat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelev” appears- bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears
Translation note
The fat spoken of is that of the animals that were offered in sacrifice (Leviticus 7:23-25). The prohibition on eating blood is explained in Leviticus 17:10-14.
The context
16The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar; it is food of a fire offering for a pleasing aroma. All fat belongs to YHWH.
17 · This verse (above)