Leviticus 7:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר כָּל־חֵ֜לֶב שׁ֥וֹר וְכֶ֛שֶׂב וָעֵ֖ז לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

Dabbēr to bənê Yiśrāʾēl lēʾmōr: all ḥēleb šôr and keśeb and ʿēz not tōʾkēlû

Grammar Details

*Dabbēr*: Piel imperative, masculine singular - speak
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*lēʾmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - saying
*ḥēleb*: noun, masculine singular construct - fat of
*šôr*: noun, masculine singular - ox
*keśeb*: noun, masculine singular - lamb
*ʿēz*: noun, feminine singular - goat
*tōʾkēlû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall eat

Word Meanings

*Dabbēr*: speak/say
*bənê*: sons of/children of
*lēʾmōr*: saying/to say
*ḥēleb*: fat/suet
*šôr*: ox/bull/cattle
*keśeb*: lamb/sheep
*ʿēz*: goat/she-goat
*tōʾkēlû*: you shall eat/you may eat

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Referenced Verses

Lev 3:16-17 : 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Jehovah's. 17 It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.
Lev 4:8-9 : 8 And all the fat of the bullock of the sin-offering he shall take off from it; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 9 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away, 10 as it is taken off from the ox of the sacrifice of peace-offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of burnt-offering.
Lev 17:6 : 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
Deut 32:38 : 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, [And] drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.
1 Sam 2:15-17 : 15 Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw. 16 And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. 17 And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.
1 Sam 2:29 : 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Acts 28:27 : 27 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
Rom 8:13 : 13 for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

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