Exodus 29:13

World English Bible (2000)

You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֗ אֶֽת־כָּל־הַחֵלֶב֮ הַֽמְכַסֶּ֣ה אֶת־הַקֶּרֶב֒ וְאֵ֗ת הַיֹּתֶ֙רֶת֙ עַל־הַכָּבֵ֔ד וְאֵת֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת וְאֶת־הַחֵ֖לֶב אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲלֵיהֶ֑ן וְהִקְטַרְתָּ֖ הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה

Transliteration

And-lāqaḥtā ʾeṯ-all-the-ḥēleḇ the-məḵasseh ʾeṯ-the-qereḇ, and-ʾēṯ the-yōṯereṯ upon-the-kāḇēḏ, and-ʾēṯ two the-kəlāyōṯ and-ʾeṯ-the-ḥēleḇ which upon-them; and-hiqṭartā the-mizbēḥāh

Grammar Details

• *wə-lāqaḥtā*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall take
• *ʾeṯ-kol*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct - all of
• *ha-ḥēleḇ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the fat
• *ha-məḵasseh*: definite article + verb, piel participle, masculine singular - the covering
• *ʾeṯ-ha-qereḇ*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - the entrails
• *wə-ʾēṯ*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *ha-yōṯereṯ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the lobe/appendage
• *ʿal-ha-kāḇēḏ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - upon the liver
• *štê*: numeral, feminine construct - two of
• *ha-kəlāyōṯ*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the kidneys
• *wə-ʾeṯ-ha-ḥēleḇ*: conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the fat
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *ʿălêhen*: preposition + 3rd person feminine plural suffix - upon them
• *wə-hiqṭartā*: conjunction + verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall burn as incense
• *ha-mizbēḥāh*: definite article + noun, masculine singular, directional he - to the altar

Word Meanings

• *lāqaḥtā*: take/get/fetch
• *ḥēleḇ*: fat/best part
• *məḵasseh*: covering/hiding/concealing
• *qereḇ*: entrails/inward parts/midst
• *yōṯereṯ*: lobe/appendage/excess
• *kāḇēḏ*: liver/glory
• *kəlāyōṯ*: kidneys/innermost parts
• *hiqṭartā*: burn as incense/make smoke/offer up

Referenced Verses

• Lev 3:3-4 : 3 He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards, 4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
• 1 Sam 2:16 : 16 If the man said to him, "Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;" then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force."
• Ps 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
• Isa 1:11 : 11 "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.
• Isa 34:6 : 6 Yahweh's sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• Isa 43:24 : 24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.
• Exod 29:18 : 18 You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
• Exod 29:22 : 22 Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),
• Exod 29:25 : 25 You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
• Lev 1:9 : 9 but its innards and its legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
• Lev 1:15 : 15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar;
• Lev 3:9-9 : 9 He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards, 10 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
• Lev 3:14-16 : 14 He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards, 15 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away. 16 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is Yahweh's.
• Lev 4:8-9 : 8 He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering off of it; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards, 9 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away,
• Lev 4:26 : 26 All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.
• Lev 4:31 : 31 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
• Lev 4:35 : 35 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.
• Lev 6:12 : 12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
• Lev 7:3 : 3 He shall offer all of its fat: the fat tail, and the fat that covers the innards,
• Lev 7:31 : 31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
• Lev 8:16 : 16 He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it on the altar.
• Lev 8:25 : 25 He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh;
• Lev 9:10 : 10 but the fat, and the kidneys, and the cover from the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
• Lev 9:19 : 19 and the fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver:
• Lev 16:25 : 25 The fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar.
• Lev 17:6 : 6 The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and burn the fat for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
• Num 18:17 : 17 "But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.