1 samuel 2:13 and the priests' custom with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice the priest's servant came while the flesh was in seething with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand

1 Samuel 2:13

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— and the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the priests' custom with the people [was, that], when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the priest's custom with the people [was], [that], when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the priests' custom with the people was, when any man sacrificed a sacrifice, the priest's servant came, when the flesh was cooked, with a flesh-hook of three prongs in his hand;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And, the custom of the priests with the people, was—when any man offered a sacrifice, then would come the priests young man, as the flesh was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the custom of the priests with the people [is]: any man sacrificing a sacrifice—then hath the servant of the priest come in when the flesh is boiling, and the hook of three teeth in his hand,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Nor the office of the priests to the people: but whosoever had offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest came, while the flesh was in boiling, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand,
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For the Priestes custome towarde the people was this: when any man offered sacrifice, the Priestes boy came, while the flesh was seething, and a fleshhooke with three teeth, in his hand,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the priests custome with the people [was, that] when any man offred sacrifice, the priestes seruant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhooke of three teeth in his hand,
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— They took the dues of the priests from the people, of every man who offered a sacrifice; and they made for themselves meat-forks with three prongs, and the priest's servant came, while the meat was boiling, with the three-pronged fork in his hand,
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the priest's claim from every one of the people that sacrificed [was this]: the servant of the priest came when the flesh was in seething, and a flesh-hook of three teeth [was] in his hand.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the priests' custom with the people [was, that], when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

And the priests' 3548

{3548} Prime
כֹּהֵן
kohen
{ko-hane'}

Active participle of H3547; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman).

custom 4941

{4941} Prime
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpat
{mish-pawt'}

From H8199; properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style.

with x854

(0854) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}

Probably from H0579; properly nearness (used only as a preposition or adverb), near; hence generally with, by, at, among, etc.

the people 5971

{5971} Prime
עַם
`am
{am}

From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.

[was, that], when any x3605

(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}

From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).

man 376

{0376} Prime
אִישׁ
'iysh
{eesh}

Contracted for H0582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation.).

offered 2076

{2076} Prime
זָבַח
zabach
{zaw-bakh'}

A primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice).

z8802

<8802> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386

sacrifice, 2077

{2077} Prime
זֶבַח
zebach
{zeh'-bakh}

From H2076; properly a slaughter, that is, the flesh of an animal; by implication a sacrifice (the victim or the act).

the priest's 3548

{3548} Prime
כֹּהֵן
kohen
{ko-hane'}

Active participle of H3547; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman).

servant 5288

{5288} Prime
נַעַר
na`ar
{nah'-ar}

From H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication a servant; also (by interchange of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age).

came, 935

{0935} Prime
בּוֹא
bow'
{bo}

A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).

z8804

<8804> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562

while the flesh 1320

{1320} Prime
בָּשָׂר
basar
{baw-sawr'}

From H1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension body, person; also (by euphemism) the pudenda of a man.

was in seething, 1310

{1310} Prime
בָּשַׁל
bashal
{baw-shal'}

A primitive root; properly to boil up; hence to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen.

z8763

<8763> Grammar

Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 790

with a fleshhook 4207

{4207} Prime
מַזְלֵג
mazleg
{maz-layg'}

From an unused root meaning to draw up; a fork.

of three 7969

{7969} Prime
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shalowsh
{shaw-loshe'}

The last two forms being masculine; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiplicative) thrice.

teeth 8127

{8127} Prime
שֵׁן
shen
{shane}

From H8150; a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for H8143) ivory; figuratively a cliff.

in his hand; 3027

{3027} Prime
יָד
yad
{yawd}

A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.

1 Samuel 2:13-17

_ _ the priests’ custom with the people — When persons wished to present a sacrifice of peace offering on the altar, the offering was brought in the first instance to the priest, and as the Lord’s part was burnt, the parts appropriated respectively to the priests and offerers were to be sodden. But Eli’s sons, unsatisfied with the breast and shoulder, which were the perquisites appointed to them by the divine law (Exodus 29:27; Leviticus 7:31, Leviticus 7:32), not only claimed part of the offerer’s share, but rapaciously seized them previous to the sacred ceremony of heaving or waving (see on Leviticus 7:29); and moreover they committed the additional injustice of taking up with their fork those portions which they preferred, while still raw. Pious people revolted at such rapacious and profane encroachments on the dues of the altar, as well as what should have gone to constitute the family and social feast of the offerer. The truth is, the priests having become haughty and unwilling in many instances to accept invitations to those feasts, presents of meat were sent to them; and this, though done in courtesy at first, being, in course of time, established into a right, gave rise to all the rapacious keenness of Eli’s sons.