13. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 2:13:1 ⧉וּמִשְׁפַּ֥טumishpatand the custom or the right 1 Samuel 2:13:2 ⧉הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםhakohanimthe priests 1 Samuel 2:13:3 ⧉אֶת־הָעָ֑םethaamwith the people 1 Samuel 2:13:4 ⧉כָּל־אִ֞ישׁkolishany man 1 Samuel 2:13:5 ⧉זֹבֵ֣חַzoveakhsacrificing or offering a sacrifice 1 Samuel 2:13:6 ⧉זֶ֗בַחzevakha sacrifice 1 Samuel 2:13:7 ⧉וּבָ֨אuvaand came 1 Samuel 2:13:8 ⧉נַ֤עַרnaara young man or a servant boy 1 Samuel 2:13:9 ⧉הַכֹּהֵן֙hakohenof the priest 1 Samuel 2:13:10 ⧉כְּבַשֵּׁ֣לkevashshelas the cooking 1 Samuel 2:13:11 ⧉הַבָּשָׂ֔רhabasarthe meat or the flesh 1 Samuel 2:13:12 ⧉וְהַמַּזְלֵ֛גvehamazlegand the fork 1 Samuel 2:13:13 ⧉שְׁלֹ֥שׁ־הַשִּׁנַּ֖יִםsheloshhashinayimof three teeth or three prongs 1 Samuel 2:13:14 ⧉בְּיָדֽוֹ׃beyadoin his hand |
13. Formal Translation And this was the practice of the priests toward the people: whenever someone was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a fork having three prongs in his hand. |
13. Dynamic Translation This was how the priests dealt with the people: when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s assistant would come while the meat was still cooking, holding a three-pronged fork in his hand. |