King James Version

Leviticus 9:20

And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

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וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּvayasimvand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַחֲלָבִ֖יםhachalavimthe fatחֶלֶבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the fat”, the ordinary formH2459fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part[idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הֶחָז֑וֹתhechazotthe breastחָזֶהdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the breast”, the ordinary formH2373the breast (as most seen in front)breast.וַיַּקְטֵ֥רvayaqterand burnקָטַרconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and burn”, the next action in the storyH6999to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).הַחֲלָבִ֖יםhachalavimthe fatחֶלֶבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the fat”, the ordinary formH2459fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part[idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָהhamizbechahthe altarמִזְבֵּחַdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “the altar”, the ordinary formH4196an altaraltar.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he made the fat smoke upon the altar.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

Young’s Literal Translation

and they set the fat on the breasts, and he maketh perfume with the fat on the altar;

World English Bible

and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar.

Darby Translation

and they put the pieces of fat on the breast-pieces, and he burned the pieces of fat on the altar;

Douay-Rheims

They put upon the breasts. And after the fat was burnt upon the altar,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he made the fat smoke upon the altar.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he put the fat on the breasts, and offered the fat on the altar.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπέθηκε τὰ στέατα ἐπὶ τὰ στηθύνια καὶ ἀνήνεγκε τὰ στέατα ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον.