Leviticus 4:9
וְאֵת שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַכְּסָלִים וְאֶת־הַיֹּתֶרֶת עַל־הַכָּבֵד עַל־הַכְּלָיוֹת יְסִירֶֽנָּה׃
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וְאֵת֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת וְאֶת־הַחֵ֙לֶב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲלֵיהֶ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַכְּסָלִ֑ים וְאֶת־הַיֹּתֶ֙רֶת֙ עַל־הַכָּבֵ֔ד עַל־הַכְּלָי֖וֹת יְסִירֶֽנָּה׃
καὶ τοὺς δύο νεφροὺς καὶ τὸ στέαρ τὸ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων, καὶ τὸν λοβὸν τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἥπατος σὺν τοῖς νεφροῖς, περιελεῖ αὐτό,
Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0
Latin (Vulgate)
duos renunculos et reticulum quod est super eos juxta ilia, et adipem jecoris cum renunculis,
los dos riñones con la grasa que los cubre cerca de los lomos, y la parte superior del hígado, que quitará junto con los riñones,
Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)
Y los dos riñones, y el sebo que está sobre ellos, y el que está sobre los ijares, y con los riñones quitará el redaño de sobre el hígado,
both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys —
✦ What the text says
Summary
The verse specifies which internal parts of the sacrificial animal must be set aside for burning: the two kidneys, the fat surrounding them near the loins, and the lobe attached to the liver. The Hebrew closes with a singular verb indicating that this removal is a single required action.
Key words
- she.Tei ("[the] two", H8147) — feminine dual construct form, meaning "a pair of," grammatically binding the number to the noun that follows.
- kelayot ("kidneys", H3629) — feminine plural noun, appears twice in the verse (lines 5 and 26), marking both the organs themselves and the location where the liver-lobe rests.
- chelev ("fat", H2459) — masculine singular noun for the specific fatty tissue attached to the kidneys, distinct from general fat terms elsewhere in Leviticus.
- yoteret ("lobe", H3508) — feminine singular noun referring to the appendage on the liver; its feminine gender matches the verb's final suffix.
- yesirennah ("he will remove it", H5493G + H9034) — hiphil (causative) imperfect verb with 3rd-person feminine singular object suffix, closing the verse with a single command applied to the itemized list.
What the text says
The verse is built as an extended object list governed by direct object markers ('et, H0853) attached before each item: the kidneys, the fat on them, and the lobe on the liver. Each item is further qualified by relative clauses using 'asher ("which", H0834A) — "which is on them" (referring to the kidneys) and "which is on the loins" — creating a nested description of exactly where the fat lies anatomically. The phrase 'al-hakelayot ("on the kidneys", H5921A + H3629) at the end of the list before the verb specifies the liver-lobe's position relative to the kidneys, rather than introducing a new object.
The final verb yesirennah is singular despite the multiple items named, using a feminine singular suffix. This grammatical choice treats the entire preceding list as a unified action or refers back to the last-mentioned feminine noun (yoteret), a common feature in Hebrew list syntax where a single verb closes a compound object clause.
Differences between versions
The LXX renders the final phrase as σὺν τοῖς νεφροῖς ("with the kidneys"), treating this element as accompanying the removal action, where the Hebrew 'al-hakelayot ("on the kidneys") more naturally describes the physical position of the liver-lobe relative to the kidneys. The Vulgate translates yoteret as adipem jecoris ("fat of the liver"), differing from the "lobe" (λοβὸν) rendering in the LXX and the anatomical "lobe" sense reflected in the Hebrew noun H3508.
This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.