Leviticus 3:14

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Leviticus 3:14 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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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,
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    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,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And from it, he shall present his offering, a gift to Yahweh: the fat covering the innards and all the fat that on the innards,

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    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,
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    And from his offering he shall present an offering made by fire to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    And from his offering he shall present a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And he shall offer thereof his oblation, `even' an offering made by fire unto Jehovah; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And he shall offer thereof his oblation, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Then he shall offer thereof his offring, euen an offring made by fire vnto the Lord, the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fatte that is vpon the inwardes.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And they shall take of it for the food of the Lord's fire, the fat that covereth the belly, and that covereth all the vital parts:
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and he hath brought near from it his offering, a fire-offering to Jehovah, the fat which is covering the inwards, and all the fat which `is' on the inwards,
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and he has brought his offering near from it, a fire-offering to YHWH, the fat which is covering the innards, and all the fat which [is] on the innards,
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    The man will offer his sacrifice made by fire to Yahweh. He will remove the fat that covers the inner parts, and all the fat near the inner parts.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And from it, he shall present his offering, a gift to Yahweh: the fat covering the innards and all the fat that on the innards,
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And he shall present thereof his offering, an offering by fire to Jehovah; the fat that covereth the inwards and all the fat that is on the inwards,
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And he shall offer of it his offering, even an offering made by fire to the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    From your offering you are to present a food offering to the Lord made up of all the fat that covers the insides,
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And of it let him make his offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And he shall present thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD: the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

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אִשֶּׁ֖ה
ʼishshâh
H801
“burnt offering”
Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: the same as H800 , but used in a liturgical sense

TWOT: 172a

burnt-offering, offering made by fire, fire offering
  1. וְהִקְרִ֤יב qârab H7126 “and · to approach” Conjunction + Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. מִמֶּ֨נּוּ֙ min H4480 “from · us” Preposition + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Plural
  3. קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ qorbân H7133 “offering · his” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  4. לַֽיהוָ֑ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “to/for · LORD” Preposition + Noun, Proper
  5. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  6. הַחֵ֨לֶב֙ cheleb H2459 “the · fat” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  7. הַֽמְכַסֶּ֣ה kâçâh H3680 “the · covering” Particle, Definite Article + Verb, Piel, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  8. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  9. הַקֶּ֔רֶב qereb H7130 “the · midst” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  10. וְאֵת֙ ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  11. כָּל kôl H3605 “all of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  12. הַחֵ֔לֶב cheleb H2459 “the · fat” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  13. אֲשֶׁ֖ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  14. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  15. הַקֶּֽרֶב qereb H7130 “the · midst” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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16
words
12
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 8 nouns
  • 2 prepositions
  • 4 particles

Verb forms

  • וְהִקְרִ֤יב Hiphil · Sequential Perfect
  • הַֽמְכַסֶּ֣ה Piel · Participle Active

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • הַחֵ֨לֶב֙ fat H2459 ×2
  • הַקֶּ֔רֶב midst H7130 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 30 words from the Hebrew and 28 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 16 Hebrew tokens and 20 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Leviticus 3:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Leviticus 3:3–5 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,
  • Leviticus 3:9–11 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,
  • Psalms 22:14–15 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
  • Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me your heart; And let your eyes keep in my ways.
  • Jeremiah 20:18 Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
  • Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
  • Matthew 26:38 Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."
  • Romans 12:1–2 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Leviticus 3:14 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְהִקְרִ֤יב מִמֶּ֨נּוּ֙ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָ֑ה אֶת הַחֵ֨לֶב֙ הַֽמְכַסֶּ֣ה אֶת הַקֶּ֔רֶב וְאֵת֙ כָּל הַחֵ֔לֶב אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל הַקֶּֽרֶב

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,

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Leviticus 3:14 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀναφέρω ἐπί αὐτός κάρπωμα κύριος ὁ στέαρ ὁ κατακαλύπτω ὁ κοιλία καί πᾶς ὁ στέαρ ὁ ἐπί ὁ κοιλία

And he shall offer of it a burnt offering to the Lord, even the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וִיקָרֵב מִנֵהּ קֻרְבָּנֵהּ קֻרְבָּן קֳדָם יְיָ יָת תַּרְבָּא דְחָפֵי יָת גַוָא וְיָת כָּל תַּרְבָּא דִי עַל גַוָא

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וִיקָרֵיב מִינֵיהּ קוּרְבָּנֵיהּ קוּרְבָּנָא קֳדָם יְיָ יַת פְּרֵיסוּתָא דְתַרְבָּא דְחָפֵי יַת כְּרֵיסָא וְיַת כָּל תַּרְבָּא דְעַל כְּרֵיסָא

    And of his oblation before the Lord he shall offer the covering of fat which covereth the inwards, even all the fat that is upon the inwards.

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Leviticus 3:14 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

John Gill's Exposition

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations,.... That is, unto the end of the Mosaic dispensation, until the Messiah comes, and his sacrifice is offered up, and his blood is shed, till that time in all generations: and

throughout all your dwellings; wherever their habitations should be, it is a law to be observed:

that ye eat neither fat nor blood; the Jewish writers think, that this is not to be restrained to the fat and blood of sacrifices, because these were not offered in their dwellings, but in the tabernacle and temple, and therefore interpret it of fat and blood in general; but what fat and blood are meant may be seen in Lev 7:23 the Targum of Jonathan adds,"but upon the top of the altar it shall be offered to the name of the Lord,''which seems to restrain it to the sacrifices.

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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

CHAPTER III.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Lesson kit

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Leviticus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 16 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼishshâh (“burnt offering”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “burnt offering” (ʼishshâh) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. Leviticus 3:3–5 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “fat” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. The verb «וְהִקְרִ֤יב» is Hiphil Sequential Perfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how John Gill's Exposition and Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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