What Does Leviticus 7:4 Mean in the King James?
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew name for the liver comes from the root for weight, so this precise removal reaches an inward organ whose name already carries weight.
THE MEANING
The verse names specific inward parts, the kidneys, their fat, the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, and says they are taken away. What lies deep within the body is identified part by part, rather than treated as an undefined whole.
THE ROOT
הַכָּבֵד
ha-kaved
GROWS FROM
כבד
To be heavy or weighty; to carry weight.
The Hebrew word for liver, kaved, comes from כבד, the root for heaviness. The same root forms kavod, weight, often rendered “glory”, so the organ’s name shares a seed with what has weight or honor.
ALSO GROWS
kaved: Liver; the same root also means heavy.
כָּבֵד
The organ named in this verse carries the root’s sense of heaviness within its Hebrew name.
kavod: Weight, honor, glory.
כָּבוֹד
This branch shows the same root moving from physical weight to what carries weight or honor.
הַיֹּתֶרֶת
ha-yoteret
GROWS FROM
יתר
To remain, be left over, or exceed.
The caul is called yoteret, a word from the root for what remains or is in excess. The verse identifies this distinct part by its position above the liver, while its Hebrew name also carries the sense of an extra or remaining portion.
ALSO GROWS
yeter: Remainder, surplus.
יֶתֶר
This branch carries the root’s sense of what remains beyond the main portion.
hotir: To leave over or preserve a remainder.
הוֹתִיר
It shares the root’s language of what is left over, illuminating the caul’s name as a distinct extra portion.
יְסִירֶנָּה
yesirennah
GROWS FROM
סור
To turn aside or depart.
The verb translated “take away” comes from sur, “turn aside” or “depart.” Removal here has a direction: the named portions are turned away from the rest of the body.
ALSO GROWS
sur: Turn aside; depart.
סוּר
This is the root’s basic movement away from a place or course.
hesir: Remove; take away.
הֵסִיר
This form makes the root’s turning-away motion an act of removal.
THE PATTERN
In offering, inward portions are named and separated with care.
And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.THE THREAD
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.The liver is kaved, from כבד, the root of heaviness; “glory” here translates kavod, from that same root. English separates the organ from “glory,” while Hebrew lets both carry the language of weight.
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