Leviticus 9:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ אֶת־הַחֲלָבִ֖ים עַל־הֶחָז֑וֹת וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר הַחֲלָבִ֖ים הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה׃

Transliteration

wa-yāśîmû ʾet-the-ḥălābîm on-the-ḥāzôt wa-yaqṭēr the-ḥălābîm the-mizbēḥāh

Grammar Details

• *wa-yāśîmû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they placed
• *ḥălābîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the fat portions
• *ḥāzôt*: masculine plural noun with definite article and prefixed preposition al - on the breasts
• *wa-yaqṭēr*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he burned as incense
• *mizbēḥāh*: masculine singular noun with definite article and directional he suffix - on the altar

Word Meanings

• *yāśîmû*: placed/put/set
• *ḥāzôt*: breasts/chests
• *yaqṭēr*: burned/turned into smoke/offered up in smoke

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  and they placed the fat portions on the breasts. Aaron then burned the fat portions on the altar.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and put them apon the brestes and burnt it apon the alter:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  all soch fat laied they vpon the brest, and burnt the fat vpon the altare.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So they layed the fat vpon the breasts, and he burnt the fat vpon the Altar.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they put the fat vpon the breastes, and he burnt the fat vpon the aulter:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and they set the fat on the breasts, and he maketh perfume with the fat on the altar;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They put the fat on the breasts, and the fat was burned on the altar.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  they set those on the breasts and he offered the fat parts up in smoke on the altar.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 3:14-17 : 14 He shall offer from it his offering, a fire offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails, 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove. 16 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the fire offering for a pleasing aroma: all the fat is the LORD's. 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
• 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.