Leviticus 3

Bible in Basic English, Verse 16

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¹⁶ That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Leviticus 3:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5

Word Entries 65

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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וְהִקְטִירָ֥ם הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה לֶ֤חֶם אִשֶּׁה֙ לְרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹ֔חַ כָּל־חֵ֖לֶב לַיהוָֽה׃

10 word entries

וְהִקְטִירָ֥ם

Lemma: c/6999 a
Morphology: Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential perfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: H6999
Occurrences: 59

הַכֹּהֵ֖ן

Lemma: d/3548
Morphology: Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech: particle
Strong's: H3548
Occurrences: 537

הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה

Lemma: d/4196
Morphology: Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute + suffix
Part of Speech: particle
Strong's: H4196
Occurrences: 201

לֶ֤חֶם

Lemma: 3899
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H3899
Occurrences: 232

אִשֶּׁה֙

Lemma: 801
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H801
Occurrences: 54

לְרֵ֣יחַ

Lemma: l/7381
Morphology: Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech: preposition
Strong's: H7381
Occurrences: 16

נִיחֹ֔חַ

Lemma: 5207
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H5207
Occurrences: 42

כָּל

Lemma: 3605
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H3605
Occurrences: 3268

חֵ֖לֶב

Lemma: 2459
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H2459
Occurrences: 37

לַיהוָֽה

Lemma: l/3068
Morphology: Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech: preposition
Strong's: H3068
Occurrences: 577

Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

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Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

καὶ ἀνοίσει ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον· κάρπωμα ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας τῷ Κυρίῳ· πᾶν τὸ στέαρ τῷ Κυρίῳ.

17 word entries

καὶ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: καί
Transliteration: kai
Morphology: coordinating conjunction
Gloss: and, also, even
Part of Speech: conjunction
Definition: Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's: G2532
Occurrences: 56730

ἀνοίσει

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium
Confidence note: Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Lemma: ἀνοίσει
Transliteration: anoisei
Morphology: dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss: ...
Part of Speech: noun/adjective form
Definition: Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences: 18

ὁ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

ἱερεὺς

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: ἱερεύς
Transliteration: hiereus
Morphology: noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss: priest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Priest.
Occurrences: 817

ἐπὶ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: ἐπί
Transliteration: epi
Morphology: preposition
Gloss: on, upon, over, against
Part of Speech: preposition
Definition: Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
Occurrences: 6685

τὸ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

θυσιαστήριον

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: θυσιαστήριον
Transliteration: thysiasterion
Morphology: noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss: altar
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Altar.
Occurrences: 362

κάρπωμα

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium
Confidence note: Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Lemma: κάρπωμα
Transliteration: karpoma
Morphology: nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss: ...
Part of Speech: noun/adjective form
Definition: Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences: 25

ὀσμὴ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium
Confidence note: Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Lemma: ὀσμὴ
Transliteration: osme
Morphology: nominative feminine singular pattern
Gloss: ...
Part of Speech: noun/adjective form
Definition: Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences: 20

εὐωδίας

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: εὐωδία
Transliteration: euodias
Morphology: noun, feminine genitive singular or accusative plural
Gloss: fragrance, pleasing aroma
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Fragrance, sweet smell, or pleasing aroma.
Occurrences: 53

τῷ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

Κυρίῳ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: κύριος
Transliteration: kyrios
Morphology: noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss: Lord, master
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences: 7934

πᾶν

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: πᾶς
Transliteration: pas
Morphology: adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: all, every
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: All, every, whole.
Occurrences: 6138

τὸ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

στέαρ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: στέαρ
Transliteration: stear
Morphology: noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss: fat
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Fat, especially sacrificial fat.
Occurrences: 71

τῷ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

Κυρίῳ

Status: Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence: medium high
Confidence note: Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma: κύριος
Transliteration: kyrios
Morphology: noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss: Lord, master
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences: 7934

Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

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Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וְיַסְקִנוּן כַּהֲנָא לְמַדְבְּחָא לְחֵם קֻרְבָּנָא לְאִתְקַבָּלָא בְּרַעֲוָא כָּל תַּרְבָּא קֳדָם יְיָ

11 word entries

וְיַסְקִנוּן

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: יסקנון
Transliteration: wysqnwn
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 2

כַּהֲנָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: הנא
Transliteration: khn'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 224

לְמַדְבְּחָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: מדבחא
Transliteration: lmdbch'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 56

לְחֵם

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: לחם
Transliteration: lchm
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 26

קֻרְבָּנָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: קרבנא
Transliteration: qrbn'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 32

לְאִתְקַבָּלָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: אתקבלא
Transliteration: l'tqbl'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 23

בְּרַעֲוָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: רעוא
Transliteration: br'w'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 66

כָּל

Confidence: medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note: Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma: כל
Transliteration: kl
Morphology: collective noun/adjective
Gloss: all, every
Occurrences: 937

תַּרְבָּא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: תרבא
Transliteration: trb'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 33

קֳדָם

Confidence: medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note: Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma: קדם
Transliteration: qdm
Morphology: prepositional or nominal form
Gloss: before, in front of, east
Occurrences: 823

יְיָ

Confidence: medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note: Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma: יהוה
Transliteration: yy
Morphology: divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
Gloss: the Lord
Occurrences: 1694

Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܢܣܩ ܐܢܘܢ ܟܗܢܐ ܠܡܕܒܚܐ. ܠܚܡ ܩܘܪܒܢܐ ܠܪܝܚ ܣܘܬܐ . ܟܠ ܬܪܒ ܠܡܪܝܐ.

11 word entries

ܘܢܣܩ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: WNSQ
Morphology: W-!N!](>]S(LQ[
Occurrences: 0

ܐܢܘܢ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: >NWN
Morphology: >NWN
Occurrences: 0

ܟܗܢܐ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: KHN>
Morphology: KHN/~>
Occurrences: 0

ܠܡܕܒܚܐ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: LMDBX>
Morphology: L-MDBX/~>
Occurrences: 0

ܠܚܡ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: LXM
Morphology: LXM/
Occurrences: 0

ܩܘܪܒܢܐ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: QWRBN>
Morphology: QWRBN/~>
Occurrences: 0

ܠܪܝܚ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: LRJX
Morphology: L-RJX/
Occurrences: 0

ܣܘܬܐ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: SWT>
Morphology: SWT/~>
Occurrences: 0

ܟܠ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: KL
Morphology: KL/
Occurrences: 0

ܬܪܒ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: TRB
Morphology: TRB/
Occurrences: 0

ܠܡܪܝܐ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: LMRJ>
Morphology: L-MRJ>/
Occurrences: 0

Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Source

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

adolebitque ea super altare sacerdos in alimoniam ignis, et suavissimi odoris. Omnis adeps, Domini erit

16 word entries

adolebitque

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: adoleo
Transliteration: adolebitque
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 51

{adolebitque}

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: que
Transliteration: {adolebitque}
Morphology: GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences: 4392

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: is
Transliteration: ea
Morphology: GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences: 17810

sacerdos

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: sacerdos
Transliteration: sacerdos
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 777

super

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: super
Transliteration: super
Morphology: GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences: 3146

altare

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: altare
Transliteration: altare
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 363

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: in
Transliteration: in
Morphology: GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss: in
Part of Speech: preposition
Definition: in, into, among, on
Etymology: Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences: 22264

alimoniam

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: alimonia
Transliteration: alimoniam
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 4

ignis

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: ignis
Transliteration: ignis
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 540

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: et
Transliteration: et
Morphology: GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss: and
Part of Speech: conjunction
Definition: and, also, even
Etymology: Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences: 50526

suavissimi

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: suauis
Transliteration: suavissimi
Morphology: GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences: 50

odoris

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: odor
Transliteration: odoris
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 79

omnis

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: omnis
Transliteration: omnis
Morphology: GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences: 5506

adeps

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: adeps
Transliteration: adeps
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 63

Domini

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: dominus
Transliteration: Domini
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 8181

erit

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: sum
Transliteration: erit
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 20614

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Exodus 29:22

Then take the fat of the sheep, the fat tail, the fat covering the insides, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and the right leg; for by the offering of this sheep they are to be marked out as priests:

3 relevance votes

Matthew 22:37

And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

3 relevance votes

Isaiah 53:10

And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...

3 relevance votes

Exodus 29:13

And take all the fat covering the inside of the ox, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and let them be burned on the altar;

3 relevance votes

Leviticus 4:31

And let all its fat be taken away, as the fat is taken away from the peace-offerings, and let it be burned on the altar by the priest for a sweet smell to the Lord; and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.

3 relevance votes

Leviticus 4:26

And all the fat of it is to be burned on the altar like the fat of the peace-offering; and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.

3 relevance votes

Leviticus 9:24

And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.

2 relevance votes

Leviticus 8:25

And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and the right leg;

2 relevance votes

Leviticus 17:6

And the priest will put blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting, burning the fat for a sweet smell to the Lord.

2 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 7:7

Then Solomon made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering the burned offerings there, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar which Solomon had made for all the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat.

2 relevance votes

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