1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:13

¹³or for the custom of the priests with the people.

When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
or for the custom	וּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט	ū·miš·paṭ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4941 judgment
of the priests	הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים	hak·kō·hă·nîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest
with	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
the people	הָעָ֑ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
When any	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
man	אִ֞ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
offered	זֹבֵ֣חַ	zō·ḇê·aḥ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H2076 slaughter for sacrifice
a sacrifice	זֶ֗בַח	ze·ḇaḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H2077 sacrifice
the servant	נַ֤עַר	na·‘ar	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5288 a shaking, scattering
of the priest	הַכֹּהֵן֙	hak·kō·hên	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3548 priest
would come	וּבָ֨א	ū·ḇā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
with a three-pronged	שְׁלֹ֥שׁ־	šə·lōš-	Number - feminine singular construct	H7969 a three, triad
meat fork	וְהַמַּזְלֵ֛ג	wə·ham·maz·lêḡ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4207 fork
while the meat	הַבָּשָׂ֔ר	hab·bā·śār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1320 flesh
was boiling	כְּבַשֵּׁ֣ל	kə·ḇaš·šêl	Preposition-k; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H1310 boil, seethe

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