Leviticus 3:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

So the Priest shall burne them vpon the altar, as the meate of an offering made by fire for a sweete sauour: all the fatte is the Lordes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִקְטִירָ֥ם הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה לֶ֤חֶם אִשֶּׁה֙ לְרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹ֔חַ כָּל־חֵ֖לֶב לַיהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And hiqṭîr them the kōhēn on the mizbeaḥ, leḥem ʾiššeh for rêaḥ nîḥōaḥ, all ḥēleb to YHWH.

Grammar Details

• וְהִקְטִירָם: conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'and he shall burn them'
• *kōhēn*: masculine singular noun with definite article - 'the priest'
• הַמִּזְבֵּחָה: definite article + masculine singular noun + directional suffix - 'to the altar'
• *leḥem*: masculine singular construct - 'food of'
• *ʾiššeh*: masculine singular noun - 'fire offering'
• לְרֵיחַ: preposition + masculine singular construct - 'for aroma of'
• *nîḥōaḥ*: masculine singular adjective - 'pleasing/soothing'
• כָּל: construct state - 'all of'
• *ḥēleb*: masculine singular noun - 'fat'
• לַיהוָה: preposition + divine name - 'to YHWH'

Word Meanings

• *hiqṭîr*: burn as incense/make into smoke/turn into sweet smoke
• *kōhēn*: priest
• *mizbeaḥ*: altar
• *leḥem*: food/bread/nourishment
• *ʾiššeh*: fire-offering/offering made by fire
• *rêaḥ nîḥōaḥ*: pleasing aroma/soothing scent/sweet savor
• *ḥēleb*: fat/best part

Referenced Verses

• Lev 7:23-25 : 23 Speake vnto the children of Israel, & say, Ye shall eate no fat of beeues, nor of sheepe, nor of goates: 24 Yet the fat of the dead beast, and the fat of that, which is torne with beastes, shalbe occupied to any vse, but ye shall not eate of it. 25 For whosoeuer eateth the fat of the beast, of the which he shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lorde, euen the person that eateth, shalbe cut off from his people.
• 1 Sam 2:15-16 : 15 Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priests boy came and saide to the man that offered, Giue me flesh to rost for the priest: for he wil not haue sodden flesh of thee, but rawe. 16 And if any man saide vnto him, Let them burne the fatte according to the custome, then take as much as thine heart desireth: then hee would answere, No, but thou shalt giue it nowe: and if thou wilt not, I will take it by force.
• 2 Chr 7:7 : 7 Moreouer Salomon halowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there hee had prepared burnt offerings, and the fatte of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Salomon had made, was not able to receiue the burnt offering, and the meate offring, and the fat.
• Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet the Lord would breake him, and make him subiect to infirmities: when hee shall make his soule an offring for sinne, he shall see his seede and shall prolong his dayes, and the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
• Matt 22:37 : 37 Iesus sayd to him, Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soule, and with all thy minde.
• Lev 8:25 : 25 And he tooke the fat & the rumpe and all the fat that was vpon the inwards, and the kall of the liuer, and the two kidneis with their fat, & the right shoulder.
• Lev 9:24 : 24 And there came a fire out from the Lord and consumed vpon the Altar the burnt offring and the fatte: which when all the people sawe, they gaue thankes, and fell on their faces.
• Lev 17:6 : 6 Then the Priest shall sprinkle the blood vpon the Altar of the Lord before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and burne the fat for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord.
• Exod 29:13 : 13 Also thou shalt take all the fat that couereth the inwardes, and the kall, that is on the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and shalt burne them vpon the altar.
• Exod 29:22 : 22 Also thou shalt take of the rammes ye fatte & the rumpe, euen the fat that couereth the inwards, and the kall of the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, & the ryght shoulder, (for it is the ramme of consecration)
• Lev 3:3-5 : 3 So he shall offer part of the peace offerings as a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde, euen the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes. 4 He shall also take away the two kidneis, & the fat that is on them, and vpon the flankes, and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis. 5 And Aarons sonnes shall burne it on the altar, with the burnt offering, which is vpon the wood, that is on the fire: this is a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.
• Lev 3:9-9 : 9 After, of the peace offrings he shal offer an offring made by fire vnto the Lord: he shall take away the fat therof, & the rump altogether, hard by the backe bone, and the fat that couereth the inwardes, & all the fat that is vpon the inwards. 10 Also hee shall take away the two kidneis, with the fat that is vpon them, & vpon the flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis. 11 Then the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar, as the meat of an offring made by fire vnto the Lord.
• Lev 3:14-15 : 14 Then he shall offer thereof his offring, euen an offring made by fire vnto the Lorde, the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fatte that is vpon the inwardes. 15 Also hee shall take away the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and vpon ye flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis.
• Lev 4:8-9 : 8 And hee shall take away all the fat of the bullocke for the sinne offring: to wit, the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fatte that is about the inwardes. 9 He shall take away also the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and vpon the flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis, 10 As it was taken away from the bullock of the peace offrings, & the Priest shall burne them vpon the altar of burnt offring. 11 But the skinne of the bullocke, and all his flesh, with his heade, and his legs, and his inwardes, and his dung shal he beare out. 12 So he shall cary the whole bullocke out of the host vnto a cleane place, where the ashes are powred, & shall burne him on ye wood in the fire: where ye ashes are cast out, shal he be burnt. 13 And if the whole Congregation of Israel shall sinne through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the multitude, and haue done against any of the commaundementes of the Lorde which should not be done, and haue offended: 14 When the sinne which they haue committed shalbe knowen, then the Congregation shall offer a yong bullocke for the sinne, & bring him before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, 15 And the Elders of the Congregation shal put their handes vpon the head of the bullocke before the Lorde, and he shall kill the bullocke before the Lorde. 16 Then the Priest that is anointed, shall bring of the bullockes blood into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, 17 And the Priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seuen times before the Lord, euen before the vaile. 18 Also he shall put some of ye blood vpon the hornes of the altar, which is before the Lord, that is in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: then shall he powre all the rest, of the blood at ye foote of the altar of burnt offring, which is at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, 19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burne it vpon the altar.
• Lev 4:26 : 26 And shall burne all his fat vpon the altar, as the fat of the peace offring: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him, concerning his sinne, and it shalbe forgiuen him.
• Lev 4:31 : 31 And shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the peace offringes is taken away, and the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shalbe forgiuen him.