1 Samuel 2:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And this was the priests' custom with the people, that, when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים אֶת־הָעָ֑ם כָּל־אִ֞ישׁ זֹבֵ֣חַ זֶ֗בַח וּבָ֨א נַ֤עַר הַכֹּהֵן֙ כְּבַשֵּׁ֣ל הַבָּשָׂ֔ר וְהַמַּזְלֵ֛ג שְׁלֹ֥שׁ־הַשִּׁנַּ֖יִם בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And mišpaṭ hakkōhănîm ʾet-hāʿām: every-ʾîš zōbēaḥ zebaḥ, then bāʾ naʿar hakkōhēn while kəbaššēl habbāśār, and hammazlēg šəlōš-haššinnayim in yādô.

Grammar Details

• *mišpaṭ*: noun masculine singular construct - custom/practice of
• *hakkōhănîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the priests
• *hāʿām*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the people
• *ʾîš*: noun masculine singular - man
• *zōbēaḥ*: Qal participle masculine singular - sacrificing
• *zebaḥ*: noun masculine singular - sacrifice
• *bāʾ*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - came
• *naʿar*: noun masculine singular construct - servant of
• *hakkōhēn*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the priest
• *kəbaššēl*: preposition + Piel infinitive construct - when boiling
• *habbāśār*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the meat
• *hammazlēg*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the fork
• *šəlōš*: numeral feminine construct - three
• *haššinnayim*: definite article + noun feminine dual - the prongs/teeth
• *yādô*: noun feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hand

Word Meanings

• *mišpaṭ*: custom/practice/due
• *zōbēaḥ*: sacrificing/offering
• *zebaḥ*: sacrifice/offering
• *kəbaššēl*: when boiling/cooking
• *hammazlēg*: the fork/flesh-hook/three-pronged fork

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'This was the custom of the priests with the people: Whenever someone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came with a three-pronged fork while the meat was boiling.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the custom{H4941} of the priests{H3548} with the people{H5971} was, that, when any man{H376} offered{H2076} sacrifice,{H2077} the priest's{H3548} servant{H5288} came,{H935} while the flesh{H1320} was boiling,{H1310} with a flesh-hook{H4207} of three{H7969} teeth{H8127} in his hand;{H3027}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the priests{H3548}' custom{H4941} with the people{H5971} was, that, when any man{H376} offered{H2076}{(H8802)} sacrifice{H2077}, the priest's{H3548} servant{H5288} came{H935}{(H8804)}, while the flesh{H1320} was in seething{H1310}{(H8763)}, with a fleshhook{H4207} of three{H7969} teeth{H8127} in his hand{H3027};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  ner the dutye of the prestes vnto the people: but whan eny man wolde offre oughte, the prestes boye came, whyle the flesh was seethinge, and had a thre forked fleshoke in his hande,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the Priestes custome towarde the people was this: when any man offered sacrifice, the Priestes boy came, while the flesh was seething, and a fleshhooke with three teeth, in his hand,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the priestes custome toward the people was, that whensoeuer any man offered any offring, ye priestes lad came whyle the fleshe was a seethyng, and a fleshhoke with three teeth in his hande:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the priests' custom with the people [was, that], when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the custom of the priests with the people `is': any man sacrificing a sacrifice -- then hath the servant of the priest come in when the flesh is boiling, and the hook of three teeth in his hand,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;

• World English Bible (2000)

  The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This was the priests’ routine with the people. Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand, just as the meat was boiling.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 7:29-34 : 29 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire; the fat with the breast, he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 32 And you shall give the right shoulder to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his portion. 34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons by a statute forever from among the children of Israel.