Leviticus 3:3

“From the sacrifice of peace he shall present as a fire offering to YHWH the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,”

Leviticus 3:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 3:3, word by word

From the sacrificeזֶּבַחzevach

sacrifice

An animal offered to God and eaten together.

Where else “zevach” appears
of peaceשְּׁלָמִיםshelamim

peace offerings

Peace offering: a sacrifice of which one part was burned for God and the rest was eaten by the one who offered it, as a sign of peace and fellowship with him (Leviticus 3).

Where else “shelamim” appears
he shall presentהִקְרִיבhikriv

bring near

To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.

Where else “hikriv” appears
as a fire offeringאִשֶּׁהishe

fire offering

Fire offering: an offering burned on the altar for God; sometimes any sacrifice.

Where else “ishe” appears
to YHWHיהוָהyhva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yhva” appears
the fatחֵלֶבchelev

fat

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

Where else “chelev” appears
that coversמְכַסֶּהmechase

cover

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

Where else “mechase” appears
the entrailsקֶּרֶבkerev

entrails

The organs inside the animal, its guts.

Where else “kerev” appears

The context

2He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall splash the blood against the altar all around.

3 · This verse (above)

4the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

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