Leviticus 7:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.”

Leviticus 7:31 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 7:319 words

וְהִקְטִירwəhiqəṭîrAnd smoke

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

אֶתʾet—

הַחֵלֶבhaḥēlevThe fat

הַמִּזְבֵּחָהhamizəbēḥāhThe altar

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

הֶחָזֶהheḥāzehThe breast

לְאַהֲרֹןləʾahărōnTo Aaron

וּלְבָנָיוûləvānāywAnd to son

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִקְטִירwəhiqəṭîrAnd smoke

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחֵלֶבhaḥēlevThe fat

הַמִּזְבֵּחָהhamizəbēḥāhThe altar

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

הֶחָזֶהheḥāzehThe breast

לְאַהֲרֹןləʾahărōnTo Aaron

וּלְבָנָיוûləvānāywAnd to son

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