Leviticus 8:16

“He took all the fat that was on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses offered it up in smoke on the altar.”

Leviticus 8:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 8:16, word by word

He tookיִּקַּחyikach

take

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

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the fatחֵלֶבchelev

fat

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

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the entrailsקֶּרֶבkerev

entrails

The organs inside the animal, its guts.

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and 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 Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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offered it up in smokeיַּקְטֵרyakter

burn up

To send up the sacrifice as smoke on the altar.

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on the altarמִּזְבֵּחָmizbeach

altar

Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.

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The context

15He slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar; and the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar, and consecrated it to make expiation for it.

16 · This verse (above)

17But the bull, its skin, its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

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