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And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD . (KJV)
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וְהִקְטִיר֥וֹve.hik.ti.Roand he will make smoke it
Lemma: קָטַר (qa.tar) · Strong's: H6999A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhq3ms)
Meaning: to offer: burn
Used 59 times. Also: Exodus 29:13, Exodus 29:18, Exodus 29:25, Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Exodus 30:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6999A; TAHOT Leviticus 3:11 word 1
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.Henthe priest
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Leviticus 3:11 word 2
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָהha.miz.Be.chahthe altar towards
Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach) · Strong's: H4196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: altar
Used 399 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4196; TAHOT Leviticus 3:11 word 3
לֶ֥חֶםLe.chemfood of
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: food
Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 43:31, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899G; TAHOT Leviticus 3:11 word 4
אִשֶּׁ֖ה'i.Sheha fire offering
Lemma: אִשֶּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0801
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: food offering
Used 65 times. Also: Exodus 29:18, Exodus 29:25, Exodus 29:41, Exodus 30:20, Leviticus 1:9, Leviticus 1:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0801; TAHOT Leviticus 3:11 word 5
לַיהוָֽה\׃\ \פla.Yah.wehto Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Leviticus 3:11 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then the priest | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| is to burn them | → | קָטַר H6999A to offer: burn |
| on the altar | → | מִזְבֵּחַ H4196 altar |
| as food | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food |
| a food offering | → | אִשֶּׁה H0801 food offering |
| to the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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