{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2459",
  "lemma": "חֶלֶב",
  "transliteration": "cheleb",
  "definition": "fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part",
  "kjv": "[idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.",
  "occurrences": 92,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חֵ֫לֶב n.m. fat",
    "1. fat of human body",
    "2. fat of beasts",
    "3. choicest, best part of products of land"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:4",
      "text": "Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. The LORD respected Abel and his offering,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 45:18",
      "text": "Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/45?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 23:18",
      "text": "“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 29:13",
      "text": "You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 29:22",
      "text": "Also you shall take some of the ram’s fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 3:3",
      "text": "He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 3:4",
      "text": "and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 3:9",
      "text": "He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to the LORD; its fat, the entire tail…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 3:10",
      "text": "and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 3:14",
      "text": "He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD; the fat that covers the innards, and all…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=14"
    }
  ],
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