Leviticus 9:19

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Leviticus 9:19 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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and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver:
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver:
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the fat from the bull and from the ram, the fatty tail and that which covers and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver—

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
    and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver:
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver—
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver—
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth `the inwards', and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver:
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    and the fat of the ox; and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver:
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    With the fat of the bullocke, and of the ram, the rumpe, and that which couereth the inwards and the kidneis, and the kall of the liuer.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    The fat also of the bullock, and the rump of the ram, and the two little kidneys, with their fat, and the caul of the liver,
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the fat tail, and the covering `of the inwards', and the kidneys, and the redundance above the liver,
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the fat tail, and the covering [of the innards], and the kidneys, and the redundance on the liver,
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    However, they cut out the fat of the bull and the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inner parts, the kidneys, and the covering of the liver.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the fat from the bull and from the ram, the fatty tail and that which covers and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver—
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    and the pieces of fat of the bullock and of the ram, the fat tail and what covers [the inwards], and the kidneys, and the net of the liver;
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    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;
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    They also brought him the fat portions from the bull, and from the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the insides, the kidneys, and the best part of the liver—
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And as for the fat of the ox and the fat tail of the sheep and the fat covering the inside parts and the kidneys and the fat on the liver;
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    and the fat of the ox, and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver.

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וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙
mᵉkaççeh
H4374
“and · the · covering”
Conjunction + Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Conjunction + Particle + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H3680

TWOT: 1008d

covering, that which covers
  1. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  2. הַחֲלָבִ֖ים cheleb H2459 “the · fat” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  3. מִן min H4480 “from” Preposition
  4. הַשּׁ֑וֹר shôwr H7794 “the · ox” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  5. וּמִן min H4480 “and · from” Conjunction + Preposition
  6. הָאַ֔יִל ʼayil H352 “the · ram” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  7. הָֽאַלְיָ֤ה ʼalyâh H451 “the · tail” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  8. וְהַכְּלָיֹ֔ת kilyâh H3629 “and · the · kidneys” Conjunction + Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
  9. וְיֹתֶ֖רֶת yôthereth H3508 “and · appendage of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  10. הַכָּבֵֽד kâbêd H3516 “the · liver” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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11
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10
distinct lemmas
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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙ covering H4374 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

  • וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙ covering H4374

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙ covering H4374 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 8 nouns
  • 2 prepositions
  • 1 particle

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 28 words from the Hebrew and 36 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.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Leviticus 9:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Leviticus 3:5 Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
  • Leviticus 3:9 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,
  • Leviticus 3:16 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Yahweh's.
  • Leviticus 9:10 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.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Leviticus 9:19 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאֶת הַחֲלָבִ֖ים מִן הַשּׁ֑וֹר וּמִן הָאַ֔יִל הָֽאַלְיָ֤ה וְהַֽמְכַסֶּה֙ וְהַכְּלָיֹ֔ת וְיֹתֶ֖רֶת הַכָּבֵֽד

and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver:

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Leviticus 9:19 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ στέαρ ὁ ἀπό ὁ μόσχος καί ὁ κριός ὁ ὀσφῦς καί ὁ στέαρ ὁ κατακαλύπτω ἐπί ὁ κοιλία καί ὁ δύο νεφρός καί ὁ στέαρ ὁ ἐπί αὐτός καί ὁ λοβός ὁ ἐπί ὁ ἧπαρ

And he took the fat of the calf, and the hind quarters of the ram, and the fat covering the belly, and the two kidneys, and the fat upon them, and the caul on the liver.

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)
    וְיָת תַּרְבַּיָא מִן תּוֹרָא וּמִן דִכְרָא אֲלִיתָא וְחָפֵי גַוָא וְכָלְיֵתָא וַחֲצַר כַּבְדָא

    (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)
    וְיַת תַּרְבַּיָא מִן תּוֹרָא וּמִן דִיכְרָא אָלִיתָא וּדְחָפֵי בְּנֵי גַוָוא וְכוּלְיָיתָא וַחֲצַר כַּבְדָא

    and the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the two kidneys, and the caul of the liver;

    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 9:19 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

And they put the fat upon the breasts,.... Both of the bullock and of the ram, while they were waving:

and he burnt the fat upon the altar; after having been waved.

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

That which covereth; the fat which covereth the inwards, or the guts; which words are here understood, as appears by comparing this place with Lev 3:3,9; 4:8; 7:3, where they are expressed.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

19. Rump — See Lev_3:9, note.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That - Fat. Which covereth the inwards - Or the Guts.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

והמכסה AND THAT WHICH COVERETH — This is elsewhere (e.g., Leviticus 3:3) termed “the fat which covereth the inward parts”.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Ramban (Nachmanides)

Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (Ramban / Nachmanides)

V’HAMECHASEH’ (AND THAT WHICH COVERETH THE INWARDS). “That is, the fat which covers the inwards.” Thus the language of Rashi. But it does not appear to me to be correct, for why should He mention [only] this particular fat and not the other fats [which were burnt on the altar]? Rather, the word hamechaseh in my opinion is a term for all the fats, since all fats which are burnt on the altar are “covering” [fats]. One is the fat which covereth the inwards, 3:3, etc. and the second is all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:3, etc. and that too “covers” [the inwards]; the fat which is upon the kidneys covers them, as does also the fat which is upon the loins., Verse 4. This is similar to that which the Rabbis have said: “Fat which the meat covers is permissible to be eaten, for the Merciful One said, the fat which is upon the loins [is called ‘fat’], and not that which is within the loins.” This verse is thus a continuation of the above: and Aaron’s sons delivered unto him the blood of the ox and the ram mentioned [in the first part of that verse], and the fat of the ox, but of the ram they presented to him the fat tail and “the fat” [as the word mechaseh indicates], and of the two [the ox and the ram, they presented to him] the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver. Scripture states, And they put the fat upon the breasts, for they placed the fat tail, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver at the bottom, and the [other] fats on the top of them, and everything upon the breasts. Thus the fats alone were visible above, this being the respectful way to burn them [on the altar].

Ramban (Nachmanides) on the Tanakh — English translation: “Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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Leviticus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 11 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mᵉkaççeh (“covering”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word mᵉkaççeh carries the sense “covering.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. This is the first place “covering” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
  3. How does Isaiah 14:11, which shares the word «covering», read alongside this verse?
  4. What does the repetition of “from” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  5. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  6. Compare how John Gill's Exposition and Matthew Poole's English Annotations read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

  • 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
  • These translations choose different wording for 14 words in this verse.
  • “from” occurs 2× in this single verse.
  • 10 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 11 words in this verse.

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