He tookוַיִּקַּחallכָּלthe fatהַחֵלֶבthat wasאֲשֶׁרonעַלthe entrails,הַקֶּרֶבand the lobeוְ יֹתֶרֶתof the liver,הַכָּבֵדand the twoוְ שְׁתֵּיkidneysהַכְּלָיֹתand their fat,וְ חֶלְבְּהֶןand Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהoffered it up in smokeיַּקְטֵרon the altar.הַמִּזְבֵּחָה
Leviticus 8:16
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 8:16, word by word
- He tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- the fatחֵלֶבchelev
fat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelev” appears- the entrailsקֶּרֶבkerev
entrails
The organs inside the animal, its guts.
Where else “kerev” appears- and the lobeיֹתֶרֶתyoteret
lobe (of the liver)
The lobe of the liver, the part that sticks out from it.
Where else “yoteret” appears- of the liverכָּבֵדkaved
liver
Liver.
Where else “kaved” appears- and the twoשְׁתֵּיshete
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appears- kidneysכְּלָיֹתkelayot
kidneys
An animal's kidneys.
Where else “kelayot” appears- 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).
Where else “moshe” appears- offered it up in smokeיַּקְטֵרyakter
burn up
To send up the sacrifice as smoke on the altar.
Where else “yakter” appears- on the altarמִּזְבֵּחָmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears
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.