Lexicon
קֶ֫רֶב
qe.rev
H7130
H:N-M Hebrew

entrails: among

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Hebrew
Language

qe.rev denotes the midst or interior of a group, place, or person, including an animal's inward parts.

The term most often marks what is located within a people, city, land, camp, or other collective setting, including persons drawn from among their brothers. It can also identify a person's inner bodily location and, in sacrificial instructions, the animal's inward parts.

Senses in use

  1. Within or from the midst of a collective · dominant

    The construct noun marks an internal setting or membership within a larger group. In Deuteronomy 18:15 the APB renders the clause about a prophet raised up "from your midst, from your brothers"; in Deuteronomy 17:7 it renders the removal of evil "from your midst." Amos 3:9 places tumults and oppressions within Samaria, while 1 Samuel 16:13 places David's anointing "in the midst of his brothers."

  2. A person's inner bodily location · occasional

    With a personal referent, the construct form points to the person's interior. In 1 Kings 17:21 the APB renders Elijah's request that the youth's soul return "upon his inward parts," and 1 Kings 17:22 reports that the youth lived when it returned. In 1 Kings 3:28, wisdom is described as being "within him" for rendering justice.

  3. Animal inward parts in sacrificial preparation · rare

    In the sacrificial directions, the noun occurs in the absolute singular and identifies the animal's internal parts. Exodus 29:13 and Exodus 29:22 mention fat covering the interior alongside the liver lobe and kidneys; Leviticus 1:13 directs that the inward parts and legs be washed before the offering is burned.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly presents the term with "midst," "among," or "within," and in sacrificial contexts with "inward parts" or "the midst." These renderings reflect whole clauses rather than a word-by-word alignment.

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