Leviticus 9:20

“they put the fat portions on the breasts, and he offered up in smoke the fat portions on the altar.”

Leviticus 9:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 9:20, word by word

they putיָּשִׂימוּyasimu

put

To put something somewhere.

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the fat portionsחֲלָבִיםchalavim

fat

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

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the breastsחָזוֹתchazot

breast

The breast of an animal.

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and he offered 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

19and the fat portions from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver;

20 · This verse (above)

21But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved as a wave offering before YHWH, as Moses had commanded.

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