Leviticus 3:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,”

Leviticus 3:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 3:922 words

וְהִקְרִיבwəhiqərîvAnd approach

מִזֶּבַחmizevaḥFrom slaughter

הַשְּׁלָמִיםhašəlāmîmThe requital

אִשֶּׁהʾišehBurnt-offering

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

חֶלְבּוֹḥeləbwōFat

הָאַלְיָהhāʾaləyāhThe stout

תְמִימָהtəmîmāhEntire

לְעֻמַּתləʿumatTo conjunction

הֶעָצֶהheʿāṣehThe spine

יְסִירֶנָּהyəsîrenāhTurn

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַחֵלֶבhaḥēlevThe fat

הַמְכַסֶּהhaməḵasehThe plump

אֶתʾet—

הַקֶּרֶבhaqerevThe nearest

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

הַחֵלֶבhaḥēlevThe fat

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עַלʿalAbove

הַקֶּרֶבhaqerevThe nearest

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִקְרִיבwəhiqərîvAnd approach

מִזֶּבַחmizevaḥFrom slaughter

הַשְּׁלָמִיםhašəlāmîmThe requital

אִשֶּׁהʾišehBurnt-offering

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

חֶלְבּוֹḥeləbwōFat

הָאַלְיָהhāʾaləyāhThe stout

תְמִימָהtəmîmāhEntire

לְעֻמַּתləʿumatTo conjunction

הֶעָצֶהheʿāṣehThe spine

יְסִירֶנָּהyəsîrenāhTurn

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחֵלֶבhaḥēlevThe fat

הַמְכַסֶּהhaməḵasehThe plump

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַקֶּרֶבhaqerevThe nearest

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הַחֵלֶבhaḥēlevThe fat

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עַלʿalAbove

הַקֶּרֶבhaqerevThe nearest

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